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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Inside View: Things fall apart

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

The centre, in the form of the Cabinet Office and the Treasury must hold its grip over 17 Whiteha...

DWP brought to task over work assessment 'fiasco'

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

PAC accuses Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of letting down some of the most vulnerable pe...

Betts raises alarm over 'inaccurate' real terms spending figures

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

The Government should stick to an agreed single measure of local government spending power when d...

IDS think-tank urges Royal Commission over child protection failures

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2014

Centre for Social Justice report condemns current child protection measures and urges set up of a...

Unison set for 10 July walkout after strike vote

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2014

Council bosses have branded as ‘disappointing’ the decision by members of the Unison trade union ...

Council strike ballot results loom

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2014

Results of strike ballots involving main local government unions due this week - as trade unions ...

Only inner London has returned to pre-recession levels of job creation

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2014

All parts of the country aside from inner London have failed to return to pre-recession levels of...

Inside View: Ethics not Essex

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2014

We can be confident that ethics isn’t regarded as that infamous county east of London.

£14bn government savings boosting drive for efficiency

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2014

Government efficiency experts helped save the public purse £14.3bn in the last year, an annual Ca...

Schools lead bodies under scrutiny over WGA findings

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2014

Spending watchdogs have qualified the third set of Whole of Government Accounts (WGA).