Author Profile

Sam Clayden

Articles by Sam Clayden

Give mayors powers to build homes

By Sam Clayden | 01 November 2016

Mayors must be granted radical housing and planning powers if the Government is to ‘come close’ t...

Public 'prepared to pay more for services'

By Sam Clayden | 01 November 2016

Residents are increasingly prepared to pay higher taxes providing revenues are invested in public...

MPs defend block on LGPS funds divestment

By Sam Clayden | 01 November 2016

Ministers have defended plans to block local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds from divestin...

Norfolk urged to 'grasp great devo opportunities'

By Sam Clayden | 01 November 2016

Devolution in East Anglia could come down to an emergency Norfolk CC meeting on Monday, with one ...

No 'clever fix from centre' for failing children's services

By Sam Clayden | 01 November 2016

The idea that Whitehall can rectify child protection failures with a ‘clever fix’ from the centre...

PM: West of England devolution will go ahead as planned

By Sam Clayden | 01 November 2016

The prime minister has confirmed that West of England devolution will go ahead, despite fears tha...

'Fund councils in full' for added Homelessness Reduction Bill duties

By Sam Clayden | 31 October 2016

MPs call for councils to be funded ‘in full’ for added responsibilities after Bob Blackman’s Home...

Government scraps controversial academies Bill

By Sam Clayden | 27 October 2016

The new education secretary has scrapped controversial education legislation that would have requ...

Exemption laws 'will harm children'

By Sam Clayden | 26 October 2016

Controversial new legislation giving the Government the power to exempt local authorities from th...

State-funded homecare threatened by 'systemic under-funding'

By Sam Clayden | 25 October 2016

Homecare providers have warned that a gaping hole in their finances poses ‘genuine risks’ to the ...