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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

ENVIRONMENT

West Country set to reject weekly bin plan

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2012

Local authorities across the West Country – a region where all councils operate fortnightly waste...

FINANCE

Taxpayers to fund council chief's libel case

By Jonathan Werran | 03 February 2012

Carmarthenshire council is paying the legal expenses of its chief executive,in a libel case spark...

FINANCE

Finance staff warned not to get involved in politics

By Jonathan Werran | 03 February 2012

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has warned local government finance officers to avoid becomi...

Council pension funds in 'death spiral'

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Council leaders, academics and senior consultants have warned town hall pension funds face a 'dea...

Emergency fund plan to cover welfare cap

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Ministers pledge to give councils access to a transition fund to help families hit by plans to im...

CLIMATE CHANGE

32 cities bid to host Green Investment Bank (GIB)

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Some 32 bids have been sent by councils and businesses across the UK expressing interest in housi...

Unions scoff at IFS claim over low-paid workforce

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Local government unions and employers dismiss the Institute for Fiscal Studies'claim on widening ...

Windsor and Maidenhead joins council tax cuts club

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

Windsor and Maidenhead RBC has become one of five local authorities poised to reduce council tax.

WHITEHALL

The move towards regional pay frameworks.

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

Jonathan Werran looks at how George Osborne intends to put civil service national pay on the regi...

WHITEHALL

You don't have to be a Martian but....

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

PM David Cameron's New Year message emphasised the possibilities for glory and drama.

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