Jonathan Werran

1 week ago | lgcplus.com | Jonathan Werran

The government’s modern industrial strategy will soon be published. Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis, asks whether it will be as simple as an Angel Delight, or as complex as a layer cake. Of the dogs that didn’t quite bark in the Spending Review night, the absence of the modern industrial strategy was among the major canines. But worry not – before the month is out we can expect a full-throated woof from the Whitehall grid.

1 month ago | lgcplus.com | Jonathan Werran

Certainty over funding might be the only thing we can look forward to in next month’s Spending Review, writes Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis. In three weeks’ time a nervous local government sector will tune in to hear Rachel Reeves unpack her first Spending Review announcement.

2 months ago | lgcplus.com | Jonathan Werran

Will ministers continue to champion metro mayors when the political landscape fragments amid ratcheting tensions with national government, asks Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis. As the days tick down to next week’s local elections – reduced as they are by the spate of devolution priority programme-caused postponements – it seems a given that all is moving apace with the devolution agenda.

2 months ago | themj.co.uk | Jonathan Werran |Amardeep Gill

REORGANISATION Audit, government and scrutiny must be reformed and renewed alongside reorganisation or the risk remains of larger-scale council financial failures, say Jonathan Werran and Amardeep Gill. W e are at a once-in-a-century crossroads in redefining the form, function and finances of local government. However, delays in local audits are serving to undermine public confidence in local government finances and are a hindrance to understanding the national balance sheet.

2 months ago | lbc.co.uk | Jonathan Werran

Careful cutting the fat cats: Local governments' problems go much deeper than eye-watering salaries Careful cutting the fat cats: Local governments' problems go much deeper than eye-watering salaries. Picture: Alamy By Jonathan Werran It is fair to say that the annual TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) ‘Town Hall Rich List’ is feared and loathed by council leaders as a yearly punishment beating ordeal.