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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

Vacant care homes will open in two weeks for COVID-19 capacity

By Ann McGauran | 03 April 2020

Hertfordshire CC is recommissioning two vacant council-owned former care homes over the next two ...

Care providers experience tenfold hike in costs of protective equipment

By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2020

Suppliers of protective equipment are charging as much as 10 times the normal amount for their pr...

'Things will probably not be the same again'

By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020

John Henderson’s top-level military background is proving crucial to Staffordshire CC as it refoc...

Lawyers warn Deprivation of Liberty safeguards will be 'paralysed' by pandemic

By Ann McGauran | 31 March 2020

COVID-19 will ‘paralyse’ the system of Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS), says the organis...

The work of local government has become 'even more urgent'

By Ann McGauran | 26 March 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting ‘the very best of councils and our workforces’, accordin...

Salford is the greenest council in 2020 Thriving Places Index

By Ann McGauran | 18 March 2020

Salford City Council has emerged as the greenest in an index of quality of life in 363 local auth...

Inspectors loosen their policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

By Ann McGauran | 16 March 2020

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have put mandatory routine inspections on hold in response...

Budget did not reflect the importance of communities, says NLGN chair

By Ann McGauran | 12 March 2020

The Budget underplayed the role of individuals and communities, and local areas are ‘now at a poi...

Budget 2020: Sunak announces 'record' £5bn broadband investment for hardest to reach areas

By Ann McGauran | 11 March 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced in the Budget a ‘record’ £5bn investment to get gigabit –c...

Plan to tackle £66.8m hike in cost of Birmingham Games scheme

By Ann McGauran | 11 March 2020

Birmingham City Council is reporting ‘substantial progress’ in the delivery of a regeneration sch...