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David Walker is Managing Director, Communications and Public Reporting, at the Audit Commission. He was formerly editor of the Guardian's 'Public' magazine and before that Chief Leader Writer for the Independent. He is a member of the council of the Economic and Social Research Council and a trustee of the Franco-British Council. He is co-author of Sources Close to the Prime Minister, The Times Guide to the New British State and, with Polly Toynbee, Unjust Rewards: Did Things Get Better and Better or Worse: Did Labour Deliver? Polly Toynbee is a political and social commentator for the Guardian. Previously she was the BBC's Social Affairs Editor and a columnist for the Independent and the Observer. She is the author of, among others, Hard Work: Life in Low-Pay Britain, Hospital and Lost Children. With David Walker she has written two audits of Labour's first and second terms, Did Things Get Better? and Better or Worse?: Did Labour Deliver? |
