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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Sir Merrick's fiscal rallying cry

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Local authorities should be free to set the pace of their own fiscal devolution, chairman of the ...

Aberdeen chief steps down

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2014

Valerie Watts, chief executive of Aberdeen City Council, to take up new top post with Health and ...

Sandwell wins landmark FOI ruling against DfE

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2014

Sandwell Council has won a legal battle forcing the Department for Education (DfE) to disclose wh...

Hand over public property assets to councils, LGA urges

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2014

Local authorities should take ownership of NHS and other public property assets to fast-track ho...

Ofsted rules Coventry's children's services 'inadequate'

By Jonathan Werran | 21 March 2014

Schools regulator Ofsted brands Coventry City Council’s children’s services 'inadequat'e in the a...

Town Hall Rich List has got poorer, MPs tell its authors

By Jonathan Werran | 20 March 2014

MPs have clashed with the campaign group responsible for producing the Town Hall Rich List.

MPs' warning on crisis loans

By Jonathan Werran | 20 March 2014

Ministers must act on crisis loans, MPs have demanded this week.

Union: Whitehall capability endangered by pay decisions

By Jonathan Werran | 19 March 2014

The gap between senior managers’ salaries and the wider economy has grown, senior civil servants ...

Budget 2014: 'More hard decisions, more cuts', says Osborne

By Jonathan Werran | 19 March 2014

Chancellor confirms austerity measures would have to continue through to the end of the next Parl...

Inside View: Chancellor clears decks to boost Tory majority chances

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2014

The Treasury made a few public spending announcements last week on areas such as public service p...