Articles by Sam Clayden
Councils forced to turn away 140,000 vulnerable children
By Sam Clayden | 14 August 2017
Up to 140,000 vulnerable children were turned away from statutory care services last year as over...
Leaders make fresh plea for housing borrowing powers
By Sam Clayden | 11 August 2017
Councils have demanded new powers and funding to build affordable homes after a survey revealed t...
Authorities join the jobs rush
By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017
Little indicates a sector reacting to a changing world like the emergence of exciting new job rol...
Authority denies abusing legal powers
By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017
A council has hit back at a government watchdog after being accused of abusing legal powers to ha...
Exclusive: Councils face 'daily' struggle to place vulnerable kids
By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017
The state of the children’s care market has been described as a ‘scar on the conscience of our co...
Council accused of abusing legal powers to gag complaints
By Sam Clayden | 08 August 2017
A council has hit back at a government watchdog after being accused of abusing legal powers to ha...
'Too much poor care' says social care watchdog
By Sam Clayden | 07 August 2017
Four in ten care homes inspected this year are not good enough, according to the latest analysis.
Rising from the ashes
By Sam Clayden | 02 August 2017
Who is behind the new Grenfell Taskforce, and what has it been set up to achieve? Sam Clayden rep...
Standalone firm planned for Reading kids' services
By Sam Clayden | 02 August 2017
Fresh calls for an ‘independent evaluation’ of children’s services models have been made after Re...
Regulation needs an approach with 'bite'
By Sam Clayden | 02 August 2017
Mark Rogers has called on local government to ‘put improvement before being friends’ amid fears t...
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