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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

Stronger Things: 'Don't use reorganisation to scale up the same things'

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025

Local government should beware of using reorganisation solely to ‘redesign the same things on a d...

Stronger Things: Call for 'swap back' to single transferable votes for mayors

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025

The Government should use the Elections Bill to revert to single transferable votes for mayoral e...

EXCLUSIVE: Scotland's financial governance has helped councils avoid failure

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025

Scotland’s system of financial governance has helped avoid local authority financial failure, the...

Standing up for scrutiny

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2025

Jo Armstrong of the Accounts Commission talks to Ann McGauran about why councils north of the bor...

Stronger Things: 'Localism is not opposed to globalism'

By Ann McGauran | 03 June 2025

Viewing localism as a force in opposition to globalism is a ‘false priority’ that will lead to ‘o...

On the track to growth

By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2025

Steve Rotheram speaks to Ann McGauran about Liverpool City Region’s growth prospects, tackling th...

Look abroad to solve the social care conundrum

By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2025

As the Casey Commission on adult social care reform gets under way, can England stop its dreams o...

Gould: Test, Learn and Grow pilots having amazing results

By Ann McGauran | 02 May 2025

The Government’s Test, Learn and Grow pilots are already having ‘amazing results’ before money ha...

Rooting care in place

By Ann McGauran | 26 April 2025

As directors of adult social services gear up for their Spring Seminar, incoming ADASS president ...

Keeping a neighbourly eye on care

By Ann McGauran | 25 April 2025

The Government is committed to creating a neighbourhood health service, but some local places hav...