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

Councils have been left to deal with the Government's 'troubled families' initiative with no help...

David Walker claims there is a lot more that councils could be doing in the future for the health...

The repercussions of axing the unloved Audit Commission are just beginning to emerge, as David Wa...

In the wake of the latest Budget,David Walker questions whether local authorities are being given...

Paying tax is important for a civilised society and public bodies depend on it says David Walker.

All these new responsibilities such as public health, benefits and community safety mean an even ...

David Cameron, has shown himself to be as interventionist and intolerant as any of his predecesso...

In both Wiltshire and Whitehall, it seems that whim and gut feelings rather than evidence drive d...

Only local authorities have the flexibility and common sense to organise the practical help commu...

The Dilnot report is a ‘1948 moment’ as it favours finding a centralist solution to social care, ...