Articles by Sam Clayden
'Push ahead with devo until you're told to stop'
By Sam Clayden | 14 December 2017
Local leaders should keep pushing the limits of devolution until they are told to stop, the chief...
Ofsted: Lack of secure units denying vulnerable children help
By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2017
The lack of secure children’s units is denying care to the most vulnerable young people and could...
A leap into the unknown
By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2017
Sam Clayden guides us through the biggest events of a tumultuous year.
North of Tyne: A deal for the people
By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2017
After much wrangling, the three councils North of the Tyne have struck a landmark devolution deal...
Child protection inquiry figures double in a decade
By Sam Clayden | 12 December 2017
Councils are undertaking more than double the number of child protection investigations than they...
Disjointed departments derailing inclusion drive
By Sam Clayden | 07 December 2017
Whitehall departments’ differing appetites to devolve will scupper the Industrial Strategy and ef...
Council leaders demand end to pay cap
By Sam Clayden | 07 December 2017
Nearly 100 council leaders have written to the chancellor demanding extra funding for workers and...
Universal Credit reports to be released to committee
By Sam Clayden | 06 December 2017
Pensions secretary David Gauke has reluctantly agreed to release a series of Universal Credit imp...
A response to the Industrial Strategy white paper
By Sam Clayden | 05 December 2017
Shaping the Industrial Strategy is among the most pressing challenges facing local authority lead...
LGA chief says BCF has 'come to end of its life'
By Sam Clayden | 01 December 2017
The Better Care Fund (BCF) in its current form has ‘come to the end of it’s life’, the chief exec...
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