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		<title>We&#8217;re not all localists now</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/08/were-not-all-localists-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<title>Audit Commission: the watchdog that didn&#8217;t bark</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/07/why-the-watchdog-isnt-barking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8216;Natural accounts&#8217; get green light</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/06/natural-accounts-get-green-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Spelman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

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		<title>Perils of privatising public audit</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/06/perils-of-privatising-public-audit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Pickles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Heseltine]]></category>

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		<title>Labour&#8217;s hidden legacy</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/05/labours-hidden-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Every Child a Reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ipsos Mori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sure Start]]></category>

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		<title>Suffolk outsourcing: political gets personal, by David Walker</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/05/suffolk-outsourcing-political-gets-personal-by-david-walker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 16:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Outsourcing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suffolk's Conservative-controlled county council is putting on hold its dramatic outsourcing plans, but not before its outspoken chief executive, Andrea Hill, has been mired in controversy <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/05/suffolk-outsourcing-political-gets-personal-by-david-walker/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The PM&#8217;s misjudgments over migration, by David Walker</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/04/the-pms-misjudgments-over-migration-by-david-walker/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/04/the-pms-misjudgments-over-migration-by-david-walker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Lansley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron's speech today on migration is pre-election political manoeuvring. He is on the front pages sounding tough, perhaps with the aim of distracting us from those pictures of Andrew Lansley being humiliated at the RCN conference <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/04/the-pms-misjudgments-over-migration-by-david-walker/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whither local audit? Nobody knows, by David Walker</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/04/whither-local-audit-nobody-knows-by-david-walker/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/04/whither-local-audit-nobody-knows-by-david-walker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Audit Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DCLG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Pickles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's not a debate the government seems to want, nor the National Audit Office, nor the Big Four accountancy firms, whose reputations have taken a hammering.  <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/04/whither-local-audit-nobody-knows-by-david-walker/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Confed and NHS confusion, by David Walker</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/03/the-confed-and-nhs-confusion-by-david-walker/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/03/the-confed-and-nhs-confusion-by-david-walker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PF blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Lansley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS Confederation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest state-of-play report from the NHS Confederation is intended to be helpful, but succeeds only in demonstrating just how confused health policy now is, especially over accountability <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/03/the-confed-and-nhs-confusion-by-david-walker/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Budget, by David Walker</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/03/behind-the-budget-by-david-walker/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/03/behind-the-budget-by-david-walker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Osborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office for Budget Responsibility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s Budget is partisan from start to finish. It is a Budget inflected by focus groups and Lord Ashcroft’s huge spending on Tory polling. It is a Budget designed for Tory campaigners and positioning <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/03/behind-the-budget-by-david-walker/"></a>]]></description>
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