Chris Bilsland
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Comment on: Walker v Seddon - the debate goes on
I think the comments here are really good - vital reading for the Audit Commission I would say. I wonder if David Walker will report them in? If not, he's in danger of repeating the mistakes Marks & Spencers customer research people made when they didn't report to their Board the first signs that customers were finding M & S "tired" - and that nearly brought the company down My own view? The Audit Commission has done a brilliant job but thats in the past and if it didn't exist we wouldn't now invent it. Looking forward, its not likely to be much relevant to the decade of challenge we face from next year. I would: reverse the audit element into the NAO and creat Audit England ( like Audit Scotland) scrap the rest and put the savings in to a national invest to save fund deduct double that figure from the block grant ( for some of the savings from the extra cost everyone is complsaing of ) give 10% of that to the LGA to fund an excellent programme of Peer Review ( but without the 4* ratings and public naming and shaming) Put the rest of the savings into the national invest to save fund for authorities fighting the impact of the recession to bid against.
