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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

Taking the next steps

By Ann McGauran | 06 August 2019

Cllr David Williams steps into the role of new chairman of the County Councils’ Network in Septem...

Financial risk for children's services across London is 'unsustainable'

By Ann McGauran | 22 July 2019

Children’s services across London are facing an unsustainable level of financial risk, a new repo...

'Extraordinary pressures' call for extraordinary resilience

By Ann McGauran | 17 July 2019

Penna’s latest annual survey of chief executives, in partnership with The MJ, highlights their la...

Harnessing the best of the West

By Ann McGauran | 17 July 2019

Ann McGauran reports on the launch of Metro Dynamics’ report making the case for the creation of ...

Use of child spies is 'plain wrong'

By Ann McGauran | 16 July 2019

One of England’s most high-profile directors of children’s services has spoken out against police...

Home visits pilot moves to next phase

By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019

A study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IfS) says a small-scale pilot home visiting interv...

Bringing new members up to speed on funding

By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019

England’s new cadre of councillors need to navigate a perfect storm of financial challenges. How ...

Use Brexit to rewrite public sector procurement rules

By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019

A new paper from the New Local Government Network (NLGN) says Brexit should be used as an opportu...

A Great Western Powerhouse is the 'missing piece of the jigsaw'

By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019

The ‘missing piece of the jigsaw’ for driving inclusive growth at scale is a Great Western Powerh...

Immigration minister says Government has 'learned the lessons from Windrush'

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2019

Minister of state for immigration Caroline Noakes says she has a ‘shared perspective’ with local ...