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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Staff facing third year without pay increase

By Jonathan Werran | 14 December 2011

Council staff face third year's pay freeze despite recognition sector’s workforce has lowest aver...

Ex-chief is custom-made for new role at Revenue

By Jonathan Werran | 14 December 2011

Former Birmingham City Council chief executive, Lin Homer, appointed permanent secretary of HM Re...

Union fury over plans to axe pay bargaining

By Jonathan Werran | 14 December 2011

Public sector trade unions attack as 'economically incoherent' chancellor George Osborne’s plan t...

Lansley's threshold move fails to defuse pensions row

By Jonathan Werran | 14 December 2011

Health secretary, Andrew Lansley, fails to calm NHS pensions fears despite raising threshold for...

Road budget costs could be unsustainable, NAO warns

By Jonathan Werran | 14 December 2011

Watchdog warns spending review cuts risk financially unsustainable budget reductions in road main...

Ministers praise South East's improvement and growth bodies

By Jonathan Werran | 13 December 2011

Councils in the South East can seek the expertise of an improvement and efficiency partnership wh...

Hammersmith and Fulham leader stands down

By Jonathan Werran | 12 December 2011

Hammersmith and Fulham LBC council leader Stephen Greenhalgh has announced he will step down from...

Westminster calls for end to'something for nothing' culture

By Jonathan Werran | 12 December 2011

Westminster City Council is consulting on plans to create a new vision for running the London bor...

Kerswell to step down from Kent top role: official

By Jonathan Werran | 12 December 2011

Katherine Kerswell will step down as managing director at the end of the year, Kent County Counci...

Rural broadband rollout stuck, Countryside Alliance claims

By Jonathan Werran | 09 December 2011

Rural campaigners have cast doubt on Government plans to ensure the UK has Europe's best superfas...