David Walker was a director of the Audit Commission and editor of Guardian Public.
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Whenever I see Europeans fretting about falling behind the US in terms of GDP, I think about stories like this ft.com/content/13c66ea6-df56…
Rare Corby tree felling on hold as protesters gather to save much-loved black poplar northantstelegraph.co.uk/new…
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Anger after French publisher held in London by counter-terrorism police theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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In @thefabians "Prizing the Public Pound" report - fabians.org.uk/publication/p… - @Exauditor77 and I proposed an Office of Place Audit. This would be responsible for auditing local authorities and other place based public services, and collaboration between them; and analysing data.
EXCLUSIVE: @SirBobKerslake calls for a new Audit Commission as we reveal the draft metrics @luhc is considering for its new watchdog. Link to full story in comments below #localgov
Danger of oxymoron - ‘evidence’ and à government indifferent to (statistical) accuracy?
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Bring back district audit (and surcharge)!
themj.co.uk/Oflog-could-help… via @themjcouk
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Jets privés : ayons le courage de les interdire ! liberation.fr/idees-et-debat…
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Finnland ist offiziell Mitglied der Nato zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023…
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As @DavidGHFrost makes clear in a recent tweet he and B Johnson put a stop to all that as well as triumphantly causing travel chaos :
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Why does this barely mention Lawson’s idiotic climate ‘scepticism’ ( ie using the Lords and other vehicles to denigrate science) ? theguardian.com/politics/202…
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"Move along now, move along please, nothing to see here folks, move along now please," said the Secretary of State for the Environment.
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/…
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Salaires trop bas, temps passé à bord… Un texte voté contre le «dumping social» sur les ferries de la Manche ⤵️ liberation.fr/economie/socia…
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“The state of Britain's rivers: Slurry, silage and sewage.”
A lethal cocktail by anybody’s standards. @newscientist continues on its quest to clean up our rivers.
newscientist.com/article/mg2…
…au bord de la mer, lorsqu’on peut l’apercevoir!
🇬🇧 Comme d’autres villes côtières britanniques, Morecambe subit la crise inflationniste de plein fouet. En attendant les aides annoncées mercredi par le gouvernement, la population se tourne vers des associations à bout de souffle. liberation.fr/international/…
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🇬🇧 Comme d’autres villes côtières britanniques, Morecambe subit la crise inflationniste de plein fouet. En attendant les aides annoncées mercredi par le gouvernement, la population se tourne vers des associations à bout de souffle. liberation.fr/international/…
Federalism vs localism
Nashville's government sued the State of Tennessee on Monday, asking a judge to block a new law that would slash the city's governing body in half, a stark example of flaring tensions between liberal-leaning cities and conservative state lawmakers. nyti.ms/3LhjkHr
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