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Ann McGauran

Ann McGauran

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

Articles by Ann McGauran

Somerset CC to open up to 10 new children's homes

By Ann McGauran | 22 June 2021

Somerset CC is to open up to 10 new children’s homes by 2026, admitting it is too reliant on larg...

Commission calls for local government to chair ICS partnerships

By Ann McGauran | 18 June 2021

Local government leaders or metro mayors should chair Integrated care systems (ICSs) partnerships...

Nottingham set to bring energy company in-house

By Ann McGauran | 17 June 2021

Nottingham City Council is expected to bring the company that provides district heating and elect...

LGiU report calls for a local government-led Building Back Better commission

By Ann McGauran | 16 June 2021

A local government-led Building Back Better commission should be part of a new place settlement a...

Why women lose out in the workforce

By Ann McGauran | 11 June 2021

Women were already off to an unequal start before the pandemic. Now the clock could be turned bac...

Lifting lockdown on June 21 'risks reversing progress,' public health directors warn

By Ann McGauran | 11 June 2021

Lifting lockdown measures on June 21 ‘risks reversing the significant progress we have made,’ the...

NAO - jobs support must align with wider government recovery strategy

By Ann McGauran | 10 June 2021

The Department for Work and Pensions’ pandemic jobs support must align with the wider government ...

Sir Andrew Dilnot is upbeat on reform to social care

By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2021

Author of the landmark 2011 review into social care funding Sir Andrew Dilnot is upbeat about the...

Community resilience: preventing the breakdown

By Ann McGauran | 19 May 2021

Governments must change the post-pandemic narrative to avoid community breakdown, says a public h...

Where has the care gone?

By Ann McGauran | 19 May 2021

Social care is in an even more precarious position that ever. But the Queen’s Speech lacked the ‘...