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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Hanningfield freed early from jail

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2011

Former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield has been released early from prison, nine we...

Ministers mull council tax 'super band'

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2011

Ministers are considering plans to add an extra council tax band for the country’s most expensive...

Unison refutes call for 'ruthless' pay and pensions reform

By Jonathan Werran | 09 September 2011

Unison rebutts report by Centre for Policy Studies on public sector pay and pensions which claims...

Top civil servants' unions declare ballot intentions

By Jonathan Werran | 08 September 2011

Civil service unions pledge to ballot up to 54,000 managers this autumn if the Government presses...

e-borders 'still on track' despite £500m Raytheon challenge

By Jonathan Werran | 07 September 2011

Ministers have confirmed government targets for implementing the e-borders programme remain on ta...

Clegg supports education role

By Jonathan Werran | 07 September 2011

Nick Clegg has pledged that local authorities will remain a crucial lynchpin in the education sys...

Dispute warning over pension shift

By Jonathan Werran | 07 September 2011

Failure to secure LGPS reforms could drag council staff into unrelated walkouts this autumn, warn...

Bring back National Service…?

By Jonathan Werran | 07 September 2011

Jonathan Werran considers the political fall out from the recent rioting.

LPFA sparks pensions scheme debate

By Jonathan Werran | 06 September 2011

LG pension fund green paper urges acceptance of career average basis and new ‘low start scheme’ t...

Ministers must address rural funding gap, campaigners urge

By Jonathan Werran | 05 September 2011

Report claims countryside councils pay 'rural penalty' of lower central grant and higher council ...