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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

'Disappointing' pay deal to be debated by unions

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2013

Trade union leaders will meet next week (7 May) to plan their response to the 1% pay increase tab...

Efficiency tsar to examine council insurance market

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2013

Former Lloyds of London broker Michael Wade to consider overhaul of local authority insurance mar...

Fund deficit row goes on over town hall pensions

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2013

Suggestions that town hall pension pots face a massive £85bn deficit have sparked a fierce war of...

Councils cope with massive Census undercount

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2013

Government statisticians upwardly revise population estimates by 464,000 across England and Wale...

Most districts working well with PCCs, survey shows

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2013

Majority of districts have worked well with PCCs since last November in forming police and crime ...

Ombudsman demands Nottingham safeguarding improvements

By Jonathan Werran | 29 April 2013

Local Government Ombudsman finds Nottingham City Council failed to act primarily for the interest...

Local audit plans will deliver £650m savings, Government insists

By Jonathan Werran | 29 April 2013

Government also rejects calls to have central procurement agency for audit and give NAO oversight...

Unions to consider 1% pay offer to council staff

By Jonathan Werran | 25 April 2013

Town hall bosses have offered to prevent the local government pay freeze extending into a fourth ...

28,000 town hall workers paid below minimum wage, union claims

By Jonathan Werran | 25 April 2013

Unison’s first annual Town Hall Poor List shows the lowest paid town hall staff earn 1p less than...

Tories set to 'protect' home budgets

By Jonathan Werran | 24 April 2013

Mr Cameron launches the Conservative's local government election campaign, appealing to the Party...