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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Olympic security costs soar

By Jonathan Werran | 09 March 2012

MPs have warned the soaring cost of security could mar the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Whitehall and NHS staff strike deals over pensions

By Jonathan Werran | 09 March 2012

Ministers and public sector trade unions have reached a final agreement on the future of pension ...

Unions target localised rates

By Dominic Browne | 08 March 2012

Staff negotiators seek to break sector's wage freeze through NNDRs

Councils 'missing online savings opportunities'

By Jonathan Werran | 08 March 2012

Information management experts have claimed most councils are 'missing online savings opportuniti...

The 'blame game' begins before the Budget

By Jonathan Werran | 08 March 2012

Jonathan Werran looks at how a Whitehall blame game over weak economic recovery has kicked off ah...

The bedrock of civil service administration

By Jonathan Werran | 07 March 2012

Jonathan Werran asks does Whitehall do evidence?

Town halls 'must plan' infrastructure finance

By Jonathan Werran | 07 March 2012

Eric Pickles has warned councils should start preparing the ground for the next Spending Review a...

Whitehall's demand for failure

By Jonathan Werran | 02 March 2012

Jonathan Werran questions the evidence supporting massive top-down tax and welfare overhauls.

New leader set to take over at Westminster

By Jonathan Werran | 01 March 2012

Westminster City Council's ruling Conservative group has elected Cllr Philippa Roe as its likely ...

Finance bosses 'more anxious' about future

By Jonathan Werran | 29 February 2012

According to a new survey council finance chiefs are increasingly anxious about their ability to ...