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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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HEALTH

SOLACE deems single inspection plans 'inadequate'

By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2013

Ofsted plans to set up a single inspection framework covering local authority child protection an...

WHITEHALL

Joint working 'the key to IER'

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Imminent plans to usher in the greatest reform to voter registration in 70 years could unlock gre...

FINANCE

Pickles under fire over NHB cut

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Communities secretary Eric Pickles forced to allay concerns raised by district councils over £400...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Council chiefs urged to accept polls

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Conservative council chiefs must deal with simultaneous local and European polls in 2014, ministe...

FINANCE

Bandwagon rolls for new round of reorganisation

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

An overhaul of local authority structures in the devolved administrations has highlighted a furth...

FINANCE

LGiU: Whitehall silos could stymie neighbourhood budget expansion

By Jonathan Werran | 10 July 2013

Ambitions to expand neighbourhood community budgets to a further 100 areas could be undermined by...

FINANCE

Cardiff faces up to English style funding cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 09 July 2013

Cardiff Council chiefs must deliver 24% spending cutbacks next year, as Welsh councils adapt to E...

HEALTH

Lock lands top Norfolk children's role on interim basis

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Former Leicester City chief executive Sheila Lock today appointed as new interim director of chi...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Nine out of ten claimants unprepared for UC, survey finds

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Citizens Advice survey shows 92% of likley claimants for Universal Credit would have one problem ...

FINANCE

Funding gap widens

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2013

Councils face an ever-widening funding gap, which is set to expand from £2.8bn in 2013/14 to £14....

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