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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

The devo's in the detail

By Ann McGauran | 12 September 2024

The proposed English Devolution Bill has given encouragement to many local leaders, but with the ...

Devo depends on fixing councils' finances, warns think-tank

By Ann McGauran | 28 August 2024

The Government’s positive messages on devolution will not lead to progress unless council finance...

Unleashing the power of mayors

By Ann McGauran | 28 August 2024

Embracing mayors so publicly sent out the strongest of signals about how important the Government...

Picking up the pieces

By Ann McGauran | 14 August 2024

Ann McGauran looks at the underlying issues that have spurred on a host of violent protests acros...

Unfair variations in energy costs hit councils by £700m

By Ann McGauran | 07 August 2024

Councils could have saved more than £700m in 2023/24 if they had paid the same rate for energy as...

King's Speech: OBR handed beefed-up scrutiny role

By Ann McGauran | 17 July 2024

The Government has put fiscal stability in the form of a Budget Responsibility Bill at the heart ...

Forging ahead with optimism

By Ann McGauran | 03 July 2024

Labour’s Dame Meg Hillier talks to Ann McGauran about doing slow politics, the ‘big nasties’ any ...

Next government 'should bring big cities up to par with G7 peers'

By Ann McGauran | 12 June 2024

The incoming government should put big cities outside London at the heart of a national mission t...

Stronger Things: 'Go deeper to deal with the age of division'

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2024

Using community power to tackle highly polarised local problems requires ‘going deeper and deeper...