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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Pickles tells councils to give third sector 'fair deal'

By Jonathan Werran | 02 September 2011

New Best Value Duty guidance issued by Eric Pickles commands councils to protect charities from u...

Councils' data breaches expose 160,000 people, study shows

By Jonathan Werran | 02 September 2011

Councils have lost sensitive data relating to more than 160,000 individuals in the past five year...

SOLACE refutes Shapps' claims

By Jonathan Werran | 01 September 2011

SOLACE has dismissed claims by housing minister, Grant Shapps, that it is responsible for inflati...

CBI buys into PFI deals despite MPs' misgivings

By Jonathan Werran | 01 September 2011

The CBI has presented a package of measures to boost infrastructure investment through effective ...

Government 'failing' to rein in senior pay

By Jonathan Werran | 01 September 2011

Failure to curb reward-related pay in the public sector signifies the Government is delaying seri...

PFI firms should share profits, urges PAC

By Jonathan Werran | 01 September 2011

A Parliamentary Committee has argued the private finance initiative looks like a better deal for ...

Suffolk CC legal chief voiced worries before suicide, inquest told

By Jonathan Werran | 01 September 2011

David White, the former head of legal services at Suffolk, voiced worries about what he was being...

Shapps launches tenant panel training scheme

By Jonathan Werran | 31 August 2011

Housing minister Grant Shapps has announced a £535,000 scheme to train social housing tenants in ...

Treasury figures on Scots' spend re-ignite Barnett formula row

By Jonathan Werran | 30 August 2011

Treasury figures revealing state spending per head in Scotland have led to renewed calls to overh...

Unions demand deadline extension for pension talks

By Jonathan Werran | 26 August 2011

Unions have warned Eric Pickles the negotiation deadline on the Local Government Pension Scheme i...