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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

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 ...

Birmingham's £600,000 legal costs branded 'indefensible'

By Jonathan Werran | 27 May 2011

Birmingham City Council faces legal costs of up to £600,000 following a High Court ruling.

Broadband boost for rural areas

By Jonathan Werran | 27 May 2011

Rural communities across the east of England could be enjoying access to broadband for the first ...

Lord Hanningfield convicted in expenses case

By Jonathan Werran | 26 May 2011

Lord Hanningfield has today been found guilty on six counts of false accounting.