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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Blackpool pulls out of city status bid

By Jonathan Werran | 06 June 2011

Blackpool Council has withdrawn its application for city status just before last Friday’s deadline.

Birmingham strike ballot starts over pay and conditions

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2011

Nearly 10,000 Birmingham City Council staff began voting yesterday on a strike ballot over change...

Delay on social care funding reforms 'no longer an option'

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2011

The LGA has joined an alliance of charities, calling on leaders of the three main political part...

Delayed reform paper 'may never see the light of day'

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2011

Further doubts have been cast on the future of the long-delayed Public services reform White Paper.

Public sector pay deals frozen at zero

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2011

Public sector pay deals were stuck at zero in the three months to the end of April, as government...

Maude expects annual £3bn savings from central purchasing team

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2011

Whitehall departments may save up to £3bn a year from the centralised purchasing of common goods ...

Union fury at Service Birmingham's 'outrageous' offshoring decision

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2011

Unions have called on Birmingham City Council to halt plans to outsource more than 70 IT jobs to ...

Ex-NAO boss doubts savings can be made

By Jonathan Werran | 01 June 2011

Sir John Bourn, former head of the National Audit Office, has cast further doubt over the Governm...

Whitehall spending £56m daily on private firms, figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 01 June 2011

Figures show Whitehall spending £56m daily on private firms despite the Coalition Government pled...

South Tyneside Twitter storm

By Jonathan Werran | 31 May 2011

Twitter has released account details to South Tyneside council to unmask the author of allegedly ...