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Articles by Sam Clayden
Give our councils control over the health service
By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017
Control of the health service should be wrestled from the NHS and handed to local government to i...
Government commits to review councils' refugee capacity
By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017
The Government has committed to publishing ‘regular updates’ on the number of child refugees rese...
Innovation 'hampered' by decision to scrap children's clause
By Sam Clayden | 03 March 2017
The top children’s services officer at one of the Government’s flagship authorities has lamented ...
Police speak to Liverpool chief about BT probe
By Sam Clayden | 01 March 2017
Senior officials at Liverpool City Council, including chief executive Ged Fitzgerald, have met wi...
Devo deals threatened by DCLG's lack of conviction
By Sam Clayden | 28 February 2017
Frustrations are mounting as the lack of government capacity threatens to scupper devolution deal...
Bringing people along with us
By Sam Clayden | 28 February 2017
In his first public interview since taking over the helm at think-tank NLGN, Adam Lent speaks to ...
Deal breaker?
By Sam Clayden | 28 February 2017
As yet more devolution proposals face setbacks, Sam Clayden takes the temperature of the agenda a...
Barwell backs calls for strategic housing plans
By Sam Clayden | 28 February 2017
Housing minister Gavin Barwell has backed county calls to join up local plans across ‘functional ...
A frank and open dialogue
By Sam Clayden | 21 February 2017
Last week, two senior figures threw down the gauntlet by asking the fundamental question: what is...
Sector warned to 'plan for survival'
By Sam Clayden | 21 February 2017
Local authorities have been urged to stop being overly-optimistic and ‘plan for the worst’.
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