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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

Mission impassable

By Ann McGauran | 20 March 2024

After the DfE’s about-turn over its own consultation for councils to end the use of agency social...

Growth matters

By Ann McGauran | 06 March 2024

Tom Stannard talks to Ann McGauran about why strengthening local government’s economic developmen...

14 years on: The 'winners' and 'losers'

By Maks Wieczorski | 27 February 2024

New data shows how £13.9bn of cumulative cuts in local authority funding in the 14 years since 20...

Don't fall for all the hype behind AI

By Ann McGauran | 20 February 2024

Natalie Cramp talks to Ann McGauran about some of the opportunities, risks and challenges emergin...

A hike too far?

By Ann McGauran | 11 February 2024

The Government has allowed some authorities to hike council tax while refusing Somerset Council’s...

Dream big, start small

By Ann McGauran | 22 January 2024

Ann McGauran reports on the Local Government AI Summit, which was aimed at providing the sector w...

Tapping into digital and tech for public good

By Ann McGauran | 22 January 2024

AI is arguably this year’s key technology trend, with generative AI in particular and large langu...

Awakening of a sleeping giant

By Ann McGauran | 10 January 2024

Ambition, opportunities and green technologies. South Derbyshire DC has huge potential and is wor...

National children's placement strategy required to remove 'profiteering'

By Ann McGauran | 13 December 2023

The president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has called for a national pl...

The more things change

By Ann McGauran | 11 December 2023

Funding and asylum policy are just two of the themes that have bookended an eventful year in loca...