Articles by Sam Clayden
'Poisonous' borough could face government intervention
By Sam Clayden | 07 September 2016
A minister has not ruled out future Government intervention in Oadby & Wigston BC after an MP lau...
Powys recovers most of £4m Icelandic loan
By Sam Clayden | 06 September 2016
A Welsh council last week recovered most of the £4m it had invested in Icelandic banks before the...
Counties and districts unveil unified business rates vision
By Sam Clayden | 06 September 2016
Counties and districts have today agreed a shared vision for localised business rates as the sect...
Top businesses are urged to 'ignore accounting regulators'
By Sam Clayden | 06 September 2016
Council pensions bosses have locked horns with accounting regulators and called on top businesses...
Liverpool's safeguarding abilities under scrutiny
By Sam Clayden | 06 September 2016
Liverpool City Council is the latest authority to face questions over its ability to safeguard ch...
NECA chair: Whitehall 'not ideologically wedded' to devo
By Sam Clayden | 06 September 2016
Devolution discussions in the North East have ground to a halt after leaders failed to agree the ...
Homelessness Reduction Bill will 'increase homelessness'
By Sam Clayden | 06 September 2016
A proposed Bill to tackle homelessness is ‘overly simplistic’, will pile pressure on resources an...
Reading Council hits back at scathing MP letter
By Sam Clayden | 02 September 2016
A senior Reading councillor has hit back after a local MP questioned her ability to turn around t...
MPs warn public health cuts are a 'false economy'
By Sam Clayden | 01 September 2016
Removing the ringfence around public health grants could put local authority areas with higher de...
Refugee response 'working smoothly'
By Sam Clayden | 31 August 2016
Councils have pointed to official figures on refugees as evidence the Home Affairs Committee was ...
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