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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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FINANCE

Pickles urges town hall claw back of CTB fraud

By Jonathan Werran | 30 August 2012

Eric Pickles has urged authorities to help tackle benefit fraud and error costing £200m annually.

FINANCE

Bournemouth faces demands to 'insource' Mouchel staff

By Jonathan Werran | 30 August 2012

Bournemouth Council is facing calls to bring back its workforce in-house, after Mouchel went into...

FINANCE

LGPS: statutory consultation to implement reforms imminent

By Jonathan Werran | 30 August 2012

Ministers will launch a statutory consultation on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

WHITEHALL

Soulsby: no action over Leicester car parking fines row

By Jonathan Werran | 30 August 2012

Leicester City Mayor vows no action against senior council official involved in car park fines' w...

FINANCE

Pickles' choice for final Commission chair faces MPs' grilling

By Jonathan Werran | 28 August 2012

Former BDO International boss, Jeremy Newman, chosen by Eric Pickles,to become the last chairman...

FINANCE

Unions vote 'yes' to LGPS deal

By Jonathan Werran | 28 August 2012

Unison members vote overwhelmingly in favour of accepting proposed changes to the Local Governmen...

BUSINESS

Mouchel restructure secures jobs and subsidiaries, claims chief

By Jonathan Werran | 28 August 2012

Administrators for Mouchel have said all of the troubled contractor's subsidiaries will continue ...

BUSINESS

SOLACE chief Rossiter steps down

By Jonathan Werran | 24 August 2012

Kathryn Rossiter is stepping down as managing director of council chiefs’ body SOLACE after eight...

FINANCE

Exclusive: Shrinking to fit

By Jonathan Werran | 24 August 2012

Town hall chiefs prepare to downsize as commissioning role looms.

HEALTH

Better care reviews could save councils £300m, Commission reports

By Jonathan Werran | 23 August 2012

Councils could save more than £300m each year if they reduced the costs of social care assessment...

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