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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

Town halls still battling cost hikes

By Ann McGauran | 23 November 2023

Councils are continuing to battle with the impact of cost increases on budgets despite consumer i...

What Katie did next

By Ann McGauran | 08 November 2023

Katie Kelly talks to Ann McGauran about why she has broken out of retirement to follow her passio...

Why regional policy failed

By Ann McGauran | 30 October 2023

A report looks at the lessons from in-depth interviews with experts on why UK regional policy has...

Newham wins landmark cladding removal case

By Ann McGauran | 19 October 2023

Newham LBC has become the first council in Britain to successfully prosecute a building owner for...

Chiefs' professional development framework launched

By Ann McGauran | 17 October 2023

The first version of a professional development framework to keep local government chief executiv...

Gove pledges to halt council four-day weeks

By Ann McGauran | 02 October 2023

Michael Gove has pledged to stop local authorities from implementing a four-day week and he said ...

Kensington & Chelsea launches standards drawn up with residents

By Ann McGauran | 28 September 2023

Kensington and Chelsea LBC has become the first council to publish service standards co-designed ...

Central Government should 'step aside on net zero if it won't step up'

By Ann McGauran | 26 September 2023

If central Government ‘won't step up’ it should stand aside and allow local and regional leaders ...

Whitehall micromanaging is 'holding back economic progress in West Midlands'

By Ann McGauran | 19 September 2023

Central Government’s ‘man-marking’ of local decisions in the West Midlands is holding back progre...

Building up Brum

By Ann McGauran | 18 September 2023

Britain cannot afford Birmingham to be bust. Ann McGauran reports on what lies ahead and the plan...