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Ann McGauran

Ann McGauran

Journalist and content editor with 20+ years specialising in public policy. Still learning.

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NCASC

NCASC: Only '6-10%' of children's home registration applications meet criteria

By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2026

Only a small proportion of providers’ applications for children’s home registration meet prioriti...

NCASC

NCASC: Councils should commission homecare visits around smaller 'footprints'

By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2026

Councils should move away from purchasing individual homecare visits across large areas and commi...

NCASC

NCASC: Neighbourhood health put too much focus on 'metrics'

By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2026

Neighbourhood Health has put too much focus on ‘metrics’ instead of making clear how councils and...

NCASC

NCASC: Inaction on profiteering could risk early intervention cash

By Ann McGauran | 11 November 2026

The financial case for rebuilding early intervention could be undermined by lack of national acti...

NCASC

NCASC: State of adult social care 'disorientating'

By Ann McGauran | 11 November 2026

The leader of England’s adult social care chiefs has compared the current state of services as ‘d...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

High-performing councils could register children's homes, suggests Labour peer

By Ann McGauran | 03 November 2026

Allowing local authorities that perform well under the Ofsted inspection framework to register ch...

ROUGH SLEEPING

Budget 2026: 'Further £430m' to tackle rough sleeping

By Ann McGauran | 28 October 2026

Chancellor John Healey today committed to providing an ‘additional £430m’ to tackle rough sleepin...

AI

North Yorkshire's AI disrupters

By Ann McGauran | 27 October 2026

As a local authority at the forefront of using artificial intelligence, North Yorkshire Council i...

CYBER SECURITY

Code at the centre of cyber alert seen on more than 40% of UK council websites surveyed

By Ann McGauran | 26 October 2026

The PHP code at the centre of critical global cyber-security website flaws across the world was v...

GOVERNANCE

Local government: Leading through testing times

By Ann McGauran | 21 October 2026

Natalie Brahma-Pearl and Stephen Gabriel talk to Ann McGauran about the challenges faced by globa...

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