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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

Children's tsar - Families should be at the centre of MPs' plans

By Ann McGauran | 15 February 2021

Radical reforms in the wake of the pandemic should include rebuilding a government department tha...

Councils playing leading local role in vaccine rollout, says LGA

By Ann McGauran | 12 February 2021

Sports stadiums, places of worship and even a former nightclub are among the venues secured by co...

White Paper plans to radically reform the NHS

By Ann McGauran | 11 February 2021

Council leaders have warned that local government needs to be an equal partner in the design of a...

Social care should remain delivered by councils, says report

By Ann McGauran | 10 February 2021

Tens of thousands of people could live more independent lives if councils keep hold of social car...

Confident about care

By Ann McGauran | 09 February 2021

Hertfordshire CC’s new director of adult care services Chris Badger talks to Ann McGauran about i...

Lib Dem council leaders urge chancellor to make UC uplift permanent

By Ann McGauran | 09 February 2021

More than 30 Liberal Democrat council leaders and deputies have written to the Government calling...

Areas with lowest life expectancy should get more vaccines, says Burnham

By Ann McGauran | 08 February 2021

Greater supplies of vaccines should be made available in places with the lowest life expectancy, ...

Medway's children's services commissioner is stood down

By Ann McGauran | 01 February 2021

Medway Council will continue to run its own children’s services after the independent commissione...

Filling in the gaps

By Ann McGauran | 26 January 2021

The Government has launched an independent inquiry into children’s social care in England, amid c...

Conservative MPs refuse to vote down hike in council tax

By Ann McGauran | 26 January 2021

Conservative MPs last night refused to vote against a rise in council tax that a poll says is opp...