Articles by Sam Clayden
Research: Youth services on the brink
By Sam Clayden | 07 November 2017
An exclusive survey reveals a bleak outlook for council-delivered youth servivces. Sam Clayden re...
EXCLUSIVE: Survey paints grim picture for youth services
By Sam Clayden | 07 November 2017
Just one in 10 senior children’s services professionals believe local government has a future in ...
Combined authority deputy mayor resigns
By Sam Clayden | 07 November 2017
The deputy mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has resigned after jus...
Austerity 'unlikely to end' despite public's desire for more spending
By Sam Clayden | 03 November 2017
The much-debated ending of austerity is ‘unlikely’, according to the National Audit Office’s (NAO...
Sector figures demand rewrite of 'failing' economic model
By Sam Clayden | 02 November 2017
Senior sector figures have demanded a radical shake-up of the nation's failing economy.
Whitehall's failure to consult sector has led to 'poor policy'
By Sam Clayden | 02 November 2017
The Government’s failure to co-produce its strategies with local government has led to ‘poor poli...
Traditional chief executive skillset 'not enough'
By Sam Clayden | 31 October 2017
Exclusive: The MJ/SOLACE survey calls for leadership to continue developing to cope with an envir...
A force for change
By Sam Clayden | 31 October 2017
The police are operating within a very similar context of austerity, uncertainty and technologica...
'We need to keep evolving'
By Sam Clayden | 31 October 2017
The sand is shifting beneath the feet of council chief executives. Becky Shaw and Henry Kippin di...
Holding up the mirror
By Sam Clayden | 31 October 2017
Jo Miller speaks to Sam Clayden about the changes throughout her first year as SOLACE president a...
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