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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Strike could derail mutual ambitions

By Jonathan Werran | 15 June 2011

Staff responsible for administering the pensions of 1.5 million serving and retired civil servant...

Treasury in dark as PFI firms ratchet up £2.2bn equity profits

By Jonathan Werran | 15 June 2011

The Treasury’s ‘inadequate’ monitoring of trading in PFI debt has allowed banks and builders to r...

Health Bill review enhances councils' role in health and wellbeing boards

By Jonathan Werran | 14 June 2011

David Cameron will today outline wholesale changes to the health and social care Bill.

Costs of re-housing families provokes benefits cap rethink

By Jonathan Werran | 13 June 2011

Ministers are considering a softening up of plans to impose an annual £26,000 benefits cap on hou...

Public sector unions walkout vote nears

By Jonathan Werran | 13 June 2011

Unions will know by Wednesday if up to 750,000 teachers, civil servants and other staff have give...

Revised guidelines for community groups defending local assets

By Jonathan Werran | 09 June 2011

New guidance will force local authorities to take seriously all viable requests for the compulsor...

Public sector wage freeze begins to bite, salary figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 09 June 2011

Ongoing public sector salary freezes are causing continued reductions in take home pay, figures r...

Whitehall 'to leave no stone unturned' in selling surplus land

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2011

Whitehall departments will publish plans releasing thousands of acres of derelict buildings and u...

Plan A or Plan B?

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2011

Jonathan Werran looks at how George Osborne can adopt an expedient new course when circumstances ...

Crewe residents asked to vote again in governance review

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2011

Cheshire East councillors are asking residents of Crewe to vote for a second time to consider if ...