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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

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 ...

Public service mutuals need stronger government support, MPs advise

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2011

The concept of public service mutuals is not well understood in local and central government, an ...

Suffolk residents vote against councils merger

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2011

Residents in central and south Suffolk failed to find common cause for merging Babergh and Mid Su...

Partnership for Schools axed by Gove

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2011

Education quango Partnerships for Schools (PfS) has been closed down and replaced with the Educat...