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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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HEALTH

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.

HEALTH

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...

WHITEHALL

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...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

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...

FINANCE

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...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

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...

WHITEHALL

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 ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

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 ...

FINANCE

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 ...

FINANCE

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...

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