Calls for a new Audit Commission are an affront to localism

By Ian Miller | 25 April 2018

There is widespread admiration for the leadership Donna Hall has shown in Wigan and the impact being achieved.

However, I don’t agree with her recent article (Let’s bring back the Audit Commission, The MJ, 29 March) which called for the reinvention of the organisation. That would row back on the localism reforms introduced in the 2010 Parliament.

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