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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

Call for national review of children's mental health services

By Ann McGauran | 07 April 2022

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has called for a ...

A way of doing politics differently

By Ann McGauran | 05 April 2022

Can we do politics in new ways that engage people rather than being alienating, adversarial and f...

Pushing on for community power

By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2022

The Government has ‘disabled communities and then blamed them for their own inability to prosper’...

Labour's ideals for communities are 'security, prosperity and respect'

By Ann McGauran | 29 March 2022

The ideals of security, prosperity and respect for everyone, in every community are at the heart ...

Future Forum North: Bid funds for levelling up 'isn't working' for coastal communities

By Ann McGauran | 25 March 2022

The existing approach of bid funding for levelling up isn’t working for coastal communities, a co...

Future Forum North: local government still lacks a plan for delivering sustainability

By Ann McGauran | 25 March 2022

Local government still lacks both a plan for delivering sustainability and a way of measuring the...

Future Forum North: Link is 'very likely' between leaders' attributes and levelling up success

By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2022

A link is ‘very likely’ between key behavioural attributes of local government leaders and their ...

Future Forum North: Investment in skills 'comes without guarantees'

By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2022

Investment in improving skills and qualifications ‘comes without guarantees’ that workers will st...

Future Forum North: Government must take  'a much more strategic view' on funding

By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2022

Central government needs to adopt a ‘much more strategic’ approach to funding local areas that pl...

The chance to reclaim communities starts here

By Ann McGauran | 22 March 2022

Will Tanner is a key speaker at this month’s New Local Stronger Things event. He talks to Ann McG...