Amelia Walker

She is also the co-ordinator of the LGiU's Democratic Health Network. Her most recent work is Room to Move, a new report on overcrowding and reform of social housing.

Past publications include Primary Justice, a radical report on rethinking the criminal justice system, and Never too Late for Living, a comprehensive look at the future of services for older people.

She is a regular commentator in the press on topics relating to the centre's work, and represents the perspective of local government to national bodies.

In the past year this has included the Justice Committee, Oxford Policing Policy Forum, Marmot Review of Health Inequalities and the Commission on English Prisons Today.

Before joining the LGiU she worked in London local government and the civil service.