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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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WHITEHALL

The problems with the Health and Social Care Bill

By Jonathan Werran | 08 February 2012

Jonathan Werran looks at the problems the Health and Social Care Bill would bring to the NHS.

ENVIRONMENT

West Country set to reject weekly bin plan

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2012

Local authorities across the West Country – a region where all councils operate fortnightly waste...

FINANCE

Taxpayers to fund council chief's libel case

By Jonathan Werran | 03 February 2012

Carmarthenshire council is paying the legal expenses of its chief executive,in a libel case spark...

FINANCE

Finance staff warned not to get involved in politics

By Jonathan Werran | 03 February 2012

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has warned local government finance officers to avoid becomi...

Council pension funds in 'death spiral'

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Council leaders, academics and senior consultants have warned town hall pension funds face a 'dea...

Emergency fund plan to cover welfare cap

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Ministers pledge to give councils access to a transition fund to help families hit by plans to im...

CLIMATE CHANGE

32 cities bid to host Green Investment Bank (GIB)

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Some 32 bids have been sent by councils and businesses across the UK expressing interest in housi...

Unions scoff at IFS claim over low-paid workforce

By Jonathan Werran | 02 February 2012

Local government unions and employers dismiss the Institute for Fiscal Studies'claim on widening ...

Windsor and Maidenhead joins council tax cuts club

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

Windsor and Maidenhead RBC has become one of five local authorities poised to reduce council tax.

WHITEHALL

The move towards regional pay frameworks.

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2012

Jonathan Werran looks at how George Osborne intends to put civil service national pay on the regi...

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