Author Profile

Ann McGauran

Ann McGauran

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

Articles by Ann McGauran

Family matters

By Ann McGauran | 15 March 2022

With the findings of the independent review of children’s social care expected soon, Ann McGauran...

Government is failing to set out councils' role in delivering net zero, say MPs

By Ann McGauran | 02 March 2022

MPs have hit out at the Government’s ‘apparent lack of urgency’ in clarifying how it will work wi...

Building a new North

By Ann McGauran | 16 February 2022

What lies ahead for communities across the North after the publication of the Levelling Up White ...

The trouble with money

By Ann McGauran | 15 February 2022

Despite a ‘massive degree of uncertainty’ surrounding what the Government is calling a ‘council t...

Are councils boarding the ICS bus?

By Ann McGauran | 26 January 2022

Integrated care systems are the cornerstone of the Government’s health and care reforms, but are ...

Social care needs more cash whether tax hike happens or not, says SIGOMA

By Ann McGauran | 25 January 2022

Adult social care will need extra funding whether the Government’s planned tax hike goes ahead or...

Fair Cost of Care fund won't be enough, say providers

By Ann McGauran | 20 January 2022

The Fair Cost of Care fund aimed at stopping local care markets being destabilised won’t be enoug...

A genuine champion for Calderdale

By Ann McGauran | 19 January 2022

Mark Broadbent joined Calderdale MBC as a 16-year-old digital apprentice. His passion for the loc...

Ready for the resolution

By Ann McGauran | 11 January 2022

At the opening of 2022, Ann McGauran and Heather Jameson look at what the coming year may bring –...

Essex CC's levelling up plans 'genuinely trailblazing'

By Ann McGauran | 06 January 2022

Essex CC’s strategy and initiatives for levelling up across the county were praised today as ‘gen...