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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

Swathes of England to move to tighter restrictions

By Ann McGauran | 15 October 2020

Barrow-in Furness, York, north-east Derbyshire, Erewash and Chesterfield will move into tier two ...

City council poised to lose 617 posts due to COVID-19

By Ann McGauran | 14 October 2020

The executive board of Leeds City Council meets next week to consider cutting the workforce by 61...

Axing of PHE is opportunity to 'reframe' health protection

By Ann McGauran | 13 October 2020

Public Health England’s (PHE) axing offers a chance for health protection to be ‘reframed’ and an...

Take local people with you on COVID, says ADPH

By Ann McGauran | 12 October 2020

The need to take action ‘with, and through local people’ is at the heart of a 10-point blueprint ...

Cities have 'gone backwards towards a centralising tendency'

By Ann McGauran | 07 October 2020

Cities have ‘gone backwards’ towards a centralising tendency in response to COVID-19 and in rela...

Where next for high streets and city centres?

By Ann McGauran | 06 October 2020

The Towns Fund selection process was controversial, but high streets and city centres face a bigg...

The timing of the lifting of national lockdown was 'London-centric'

By Ann McGauran | 06 October 2020

The timing of the lifting of national lockdown was ‘London-centric’, leaving  the north of Englan...

Kerslake calls for 'major review' of sector income

By Ann McGauran | 01 October 2020

Former civil service chief Bob Kerslake has called for a ‘major review’ of income sources for loc...

Survey shows councillors expect more COVID-related cuts

By Ann McGauran | 01 October 2020

More than two thirds of councillors believe the COVID-19 pandemic will mean further cuts to publi...

Care homes need test results 'in minutes not days'

By Ann McGauran | 30 September 2020

Care homes need test results ‘back in minutes not days’ if they are to be kept free from coronavi...