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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Women make up 68% of council redundancies, union figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 28 March 2012

Figures analysed by the GMB indicate female staff accounted for nearly seven out of ten town hall...

Councils agree payment-by-results scheme for troubled families

By Jonathan Werran | 28 March 2012

Ten local authority areas with the largest number of troubled families have signed-up to the Gove...

Councils seek more talks over borrowing controls

By Jonathan Werran | 28 March 2012

Council leaders have called for urgent talks with ministers to discuss future local authority bor...

Whitehall's soap bubble won't wash

By Jonathan Werran | 28 March 2012

Lacking robust political advice, ministers can be left at the mercy of Whitehall inertia and even...

Call for urgent talks over donor tax plan

By Jonathan Werran | 28 March 2012

Leading charity bosses have written to George Osborne, seeking talks on Budget proposals to cap t...

A new high-flyer for Westminster

By Jonathan Werran | 28 March 2012

Philippa Roe is the latest leader of high-profile Westminster City Council.Jonathan Werran met he...

Public and private pay gap widens, official figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2012

An ONS study has claimed the outsourcing of low-skilled jobs from the public to the private secto...

Vaz calls for Government to set city mayor pay deals

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2012

Keith Vaz has suggested elected city mayors should have their salaries independently set by the S...

Public sector workforce heading for record low

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2012

More than one in seven public sector jobs will be lost due to deficit reduction measures, the CIP...

IFS calls for overhaul of 'regressive' council levy

By Jonathan Werran | 23 March 2012

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), have urged ministers to overhaul the 'regressive' basis f...