The latest articles written by Ann McGauran

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

The Government must offer councils coherence on net zero alongside long-term policy certainty and...

The UK is reeling from nearly five years of lost economic growth. Ann McGauran asks what action l...

Niall Bolger talks to Ann McGauran about Hounslow LBC’s ambitious climate agenda and its crucial ...

England’s top director of children’s services has called for a greater focus on prevention amid s...

Inflationary pressures are taking their toll on councils’ services and balance sheets, with furth...

Ann McGauran talks to Wiltshire Council leader Richard Clewer about the local authority’s success...

Civic entrepreneur Richard Upton talks to Ann McGauran about the need for thoughtful, inclusive r...

The head of England’s children’s services chiefs has called for a new place-based funding model f...

Ann McGauran sets the scene ahead of this week’s Association of Directors of Children’s Services ...

Ministers should combine revenue and capital pots into a single placemaking budget to fund neighb...