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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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Ministers set to green light controversial Land Registry privatisation

By Jonathan Werran | 06 May 2014

Ministers seem set to approve controversial privatisation plans for the Land Registry, a move whi...

Wirral chief defends £1m consultancy spend

By Jonathan Werran | 06 May 2014

Wirral Council chief executive Graham Burgess forced to defend cost of interim managers, followi...

LGPS fund management reforms could make £660m annual savings, ministers claim

By Jonathan Werran | 02 May 2014

Proposals on overhauling the management of town hall pension schemes could deliver substantial sa...

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Gwynedd appoints Dilwyn Williams as new chief

By Jonathan Werran | 02 May 2014

Gwynned Council has appointed Dilwyn Williams as the authority’s new chief executive, the culmina...

Political cost of Lib Dems' broken tuition fees promise incalculable

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Paul Johnson, director of economics think-tank the IFS, has accused chancellor George Osborne of ...

Compulsory voting 'will fail'

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Making first-time voting compulsory would fail as a quick fix to combat young people’s disaffecti...

PbR scheme sees 11% cut in re-offending rates

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Justice ministers have hailed the results of a pilot Payment by Results (PbR) scheme designed to ...

Unison demands ACAS talks with LGA over pay

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Trade union Unison has today urged the Local Government Association (LGA) to enter arbitration ta...

PM praises 'troubled families' progress

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

David Cameron today lauded the progress of the DCLG’s troubled families programme for its success...

DCMS set to empower authorities over high street betting

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2014

Ministers have today pledged to give local authorities more control over the number and clusterin...

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