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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

Casting light on a dark problem

By Ann McGauran | 25 November 2020

An innovative integrated approach to tackling drug-related harm in Blackpool is achieving promisi...

Councils key to tackling 'anti-vax mob'

By Ann McGauran | 24 November 2020

Councils must act quickly to knock down the ‘anti-vax mob’ as the Government puts the sector at t...

Hackney shifts the dial on contact tracing

By Ann McGauran | 23 November 2020

Cllr Chris Kennedy talks to Ann McGauran about the highlights and challenges of Hackney LBC’s  lo...

NHS lays out plan for working with councils on mass vaccination

By Ann McGauran | 23 November 2020

The NHS has started to detail its mass vaccination strategy, outlining how it expects to work wit...

Local government 'must have parity' with NHS on pay

By Ann McGauran | 20 November 2020

The chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board says the hard work of the sector during the p...

Role of councils in mass vaccination roll-out remains unclear

By Ann McGauran | 20 November 2020

The role local government will play in mass coronavirus vaccination remains unclear, as it emerge...

Spinning plates to improve lives

By Ann McGauran | 11 November 2020

Ann McGauran talks to Charlotte Ramsden about the part she’s played in developing a new vision an...

We have proved that councils are the place for social care - ADASS

By Ann McGauran | 06 November 2020

The ‘joining up’ work done by local government during the pandemic has made it clear to Governmen...

Youth and BAME jobs hit hardest by lockdown

By Ann McGauran | 28 October 2020

Young people, BAME workers and those on insecure contracts have lost out most as a result of the ...

Barking & Dagenham offers same-day testing to key workers

By Ann McGauran | 26 October 2020

Barking & Dagenham LBC is thought to have become the first in England to set up a same-day COVID ...