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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

'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 ...

Lib Dem leadership hopeful promises devolution revolution

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2019

Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Jo Swinson has said that if she is elected to the top role th...

Non-metropolitan councils need the power to tackle barriers to growth

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2019

The Post-Brexit England Commission’s final report has set out a prospectus to Government of ‘tang...