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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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Hanningfield arrested over council fraud allegations

By Jonathan Werran | 15 September 2011

Police arrest Lord Hanningfield on allegations of false accounting whilst Essex CC council leader...

WHITEHALL

Internal fury over plans to scrap 'fairness' body

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

Richard Thomas AJTC chair says oversight for the consumer rights of public service users would be...

WHITEHALL

The mass walkout of the government workforce

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

Jonathan Werran looks at how the Government is preparing for the strikes due to start this Novemb...

BUSINESS

Walsall rapped over dumped vote forms

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Walsall MBC in breach of data protection laws.

FINANCE

Localised CBT could undermine welfare reforms, NAO warns

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

A National Audit Office report has warned plans to localise Council Tax Benefit (CBT) decisions r...

FINANCE

PAC chair Hodge queries DCLG's funding fairness

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2011

Sir Bob Kerslake tells Parliamentary committee that councils could 'come together to manage fluct...

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...

FINANCE

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...

FINANCE

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...

WHITEHALL

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...

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