The latest articles written by David Walker

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David Walker is former director of public reporting at the Audit Commission

David Walker celebrates the demise of LEPs, urging combined authorities to unite

David Walker casts a critical eye over the policies and issues that have defined Eric Pickles’ su...

The Institute for Government recently convened a group to look at the background to the abolition...

The LGA has broken new ground and come out fighting. But, asks David Walker, where is the cash t...

Town halls will have to step up if they are to ease the impact welfare policies have on their com...

Pressure on councils to deal with schools' administrative mayhem could be an attempt to parental ...

Councils are pouring out data with little interpretation to make it useful, complains David Walker.

The Government's mid-term review claims it has decentralised. David Walker begs to differ.

Labour's idea of undertaking a 'zero' approach to public spending has been suggested before – and...

Councils need to build on the success of the Olympics by developing a new generation of local spo...