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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

Profit cap on children's placement providers 'won't be worth the paper it's written on'

By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025

Any profit cap on providers of children’s placements in England ‘won’t be worth the paper it’s wr...

Counting care costs

By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025

Councils continue to face steep rises in the cost of care in both children and adult services. As...

NCASC: Hike in working age adults needing support is due to dysfunctional system

By Ann McGauran | 26 November 2025

A forty per cent hike in the number of working age people needing support by 2030 is the ‘predict...

NCASC: Risk of spreading children's resources 'too thinly'

By Ann McGauran | 26 November 2025

The lack of a national strategy for children means there is a risk of resources being ‘spread too...

EXCLUSIVE: Budget should fund further devo, says finance expert

By Ann McGauran | 19 November 2025

Next week’s Budget should be used to fund further waves of devolution and to create a commission ...

Urging for a fairer urban future

By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2025

Parliamentary chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) Sally Jameson...

Reorganisation: The next chapter in Surrey

By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2025

As Surrey prepares for unitarisation county council leader Tim Oliver tells Ann McGauran politics...

Building local government's next generation of finance chiefs

By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025

The Society of County Treasurers is launching a programme to help finance professionals leap ahea...

Care businesses in three regions 'extract' more than £250m in profits

By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025

Private companies providing care services have taken more than £250m in profits in just three reg...

The new leader of the County Councils' Network sets out his vision

By Ann McGauran | 06 November 2025

As the County Councils’ Network gears up for its annual conference this month, new chair Matthew ...