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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

NCASC: Children's minister pledges to 'reinvent' fostering

By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025

The children’s minister has pledged to expand and ‘reinvent’ fostering to reverse the ‘expensive...

Ofsted to drop headline 'one word' judgement for children's services inspections

By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2025

Ofsted has confirmed plans to change inspections of local authorities’ children’s services (ILACS...

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...