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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

5G rollout held up due to legal wrangles over lamppost control

By Ann McGauran | 21 May 2019

A new electronics communications code designed to make the rollout of 5G easier has backfired, le...

Central-local relations at 'all-time low' - study

By Ann McGauran | 15 May 2019

The relationship between Whitehall and councils has broken down, with local leaders feeling ‘disr...

Redressing the balance

By Ann McGauran | 15 May 2019

Localis’s report Hitting reset – a case for local leadership puts the argument for a complete tra...

Square Mile to borrow for the first time in decades

By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2019

City of London Council could borrow more than £1bn over the next three years through its local go...

Unfreezing social mobility

By Ann McGauran | 08 May 2019

Social mobility has been stagnating for years, says a new report. How can councils help drive soc...

Mind the gap

By Ann McGauran | 08 May 2019

Local government has made progress in narrowing the gender pay gap since last year – but solutio...

A climate for change

By Ann McGauran | 30 April 2019

Environmental activists including young campaigner Greta Thunberg have been hitting the headlines...

Minister in plea for cross-party care consensus

By Ann McGauran | 30 April 2019

Care minster Caroline Dinenage has said she 'would dearly like there to be cross-party consensus'...

Committing to youth wellbeing

By Ann McGauran | 24 April 2019

Councils are being ‘forced to divert the limited funding they have left away from preventative wo...

A day in the life

By Ann McGauran | 24 April 2019

Staff from district councils put their future leadership talents to the test during this year’s D...