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David Walker

David Walker

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

Articles by David Walker

Telling the whole place story

By David Walker | 13 July 2021

A Fabian pamphlet calls on Labour to commit to a new Place Audit Office (PAO) within the National...

Public audit will soon need a spring clean

By David Walker | 19 February 2019

John Tizard and David Walker make the case for a new way of auditing how public money is spent th...

The contracting conundrum

By David Walker | 09 May 2018

Time will tell if outsourcing has had its day as a significant money saving option for the sector...

Carillion: Companies can go bust, councils cannot

By David Walker | 22 January 2018

After the fall of Carillion, and with social care providers on the brink, John Tizard and David W...

First cut is the deepest?

By David Walker | 22 December 2015

Perverse public perceptions are a problem, writes David Walker as he examines what can be done to...

Living the dream?

By David Walker | 03 November 2015

Migration is becoming a local issue more than ever, and as David Walker says, councils need more ...

The case of the diminishing state

By David Walker | 22 September 2015

David Walker explains that although public services may be shrinking, they must get smarter

Over-50 shades of grey

By David Walker | 24 June 2015

David Walker raises the debate over the fiscal sustainability of the growing ageing workforce, an...

Something to look at?

By David Walker | 13 May 2015

With the election fresh in the mind, David Walker says the UK can learn lessons from the Swedes i...

Importance of imparting information

By David Walker | 30 March 2015

‘Town hall Pravdas’? No. Information is the lifeblood of local government and constricting its fl...