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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Doomed to success?

By Jonathan Werran | 26 April 2017

The snap election has shunted full business rates retention into the sidings. But does the sector...

Council's 'dire finances' under scrutiny by MPs

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

A council has denied it is being run ‘incompetently’ after its MP flagged up the state of its fin...

Income generation becoming increasingly important for councils

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

The majority of local authorities will be unable to manage continued deficit reductions by the en...

Councils to be investigated as part of child abuse inquiry

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

Public hearings for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which is due to investigate ...

Directors leave Sandwell's struggling children's department

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

Two senior directors responsible for running Sandwell MBC’s beleaguered children’s services depar...

PM launches child protection taskforce - as Rotherham net widens

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2015

Prime minister David Cameron has appointed education secretary Nicky Morgan to launch a new Child...

Call for transformation fund

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2015

Embedding prevention within the social care system will require an annual £1.3bn cash injection o...

Leicestershire CA to be revealed

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2015

Plans for a combined authority covering Leicester and Leicestershire focusing on land use and pla...

Call for devolution test on future laws

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2015

Legislation to drive English devolution should be framed to prevent mandarins and ministers from ...

LGA seeks leave to appeal on business rates

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2015

Failure to reform the business rates appeal system so councils can contest appeals could result i...