Articles by Sam Clayden
'Business as usual' amid end of metro mayor rumours
By Sam Clayden | 22 August 2016
Whitehall has denied claims that Theresa May is planning to axe controversial plans to impose dir...
Local government borrowing rises in response to grant cuts
By Sam Clayden | 19 August 2016
Declining government grants have led to a £1.5bn increase in local government borrowing since Apr...
Oxfordshire reorganisation plans 'dead' after conflicting reports
By Sam Clayden | 18 August 2016
Local government reorganisation in Oxfordshire could be scrapped altogether after local leaders f...
Bristol mayor targeting the world after Brexit vote
By Sam Clayden | 17 August 2016
Bristol’s directly-elected mayor has laid out plans to build the city’s international profile in ...
EXCLUSIVE: DCLG leaves door open for delayed mayoral elections
By Sam Clayden | 17 August 2016
The push to hold a wave of mayoral elections next year may be relaxed as part of a shift in the n...
Planning delays 'not the biggest barrier' to housebuilding
By Sam Clayden | 15 August 2016
Council leaders have denied that planning delays are the biggest barrier to tackling the housing ...
Warning over EU-funded growth projects
By Sam Clayden | 28 July 2016
Major growth projects will stall unless Whitehall confirms local authorities will receive ‘every ...
Hughes to step in at Bristol
By Sam Clayden | 28 July 2016
Former chief executive of Birmingham City Council, Stephen Hughes, will join Bristol City Council...
A brighter future for Rotherham
By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2016
Two years on from the damning Jay report, Rotherham MBC leader Chris Read now has his sights set ...
Children's services leadership attack branded 'contradictory'
By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2016
MPs and senior sector figures have hit back after Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw blamed chief ex...
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