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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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FINANCE

Spending Review 2013: welfare spending cap from April 2015

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2013

Chancellor proposed setting four-year cap on welfare costs from April 2015, with limits set there...

FINANCE

New whistleblowing laws take effect

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2013

Legal change to end ‘gagging clauses’ could allow employers to bring malicious claims without fea...

FINANCE

Town halls face sweeping changes in bid to cut costs

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2013

The chances of further mergers among the 89 Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds advanced...

WHITEHALL

Government urged to 'get a grip' on gagging clauses

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2013

Central government has no control over the use of compromise agreements – financial inducements o...

WHITEHALL

Responding positively to complaints

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2013

Is it possible for public services to truly learn from negative feedback to raise standards? Jon...

HEALTH

Troubled families programme set for £1bn Spending Review boost

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2013

Treasury ministers announce potential £1bn spending round boost for the troubled families initiat...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Children of public sector workers to be pushed into poverty, says TUC

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2013

Some 180,000 children who have at least one parent working in the public sector are set to fall i...

HEALTH

Norfolk children's director to stand down

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2013

Norfolk CC director of children’s services Lisa Christensen to step down after concerted attack f...

FINANCE

LGPS consultation to cut scheme costs launched

By Jonathan Werran | 21 June 2013

Further LGPS mergers possible after government and LGA launch a consultation into significantly r...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

'Bedroom tax' councils could lose HB subsidies, Lord Freud warns

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2013

Housing Benefit subsidies could be axed for councils trying to get around ‘bedroom tax’ by re-des...

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