The latest articles written by Ann McGauran

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Journalist and content editor with 20+ years specialising in public policy. Still learning.

New data shows how £13.9bn of cumulative cuts in local authority funding in the 14 years since 20...

Natalie Cramp talks to Ann McGauran about some of the opportunities, risks and challenges emergin...

The Government has allowed some authorities to hike council tax while refusing Somerset Council’s...

Ann McGauran reports on the Local Government AI Summit, which was aimed at providing the sector w...

AI is arguably this year’s key technology trend, with generative AI in particular and large langu...

Ambition, opportunities and green technologies. South Derbyshire DC has huge potential and is wor...

The president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has called for a national pl...

Funding and asylum policy are just two of the themes that have bookended an eventful year in loca...

How will artificial intelligence change local government and the lives of residents – and can the...

Ann McGauran reflects on last week’s NCAS conference, where the general mood was of determination...