The fall-out from the proposed abolition of the Audit Commission rumbles on, with a Commons select committee set to report on the future of auditing, and questions being raised over the timetable. David Walker, the commission's former communication chief, gives his own take on what happens next.

A stinging recent report from the Commons public administration select committee (PASC) on the Government's shambolic quango cull was a welcome sign that backbench MPs, including Tories, are going to be uppity during this Parliament.