Tony Travers

For the Cayman Islands lawyer, see Anthony Travers.

Professor Tony Travers is a British academic and journalist, specialising in issues affecting local government. He is the director of "LSE London", a research group at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[1] He contributes a regular column to the Local Government Chronicle and has also written for The Guardian,[2] The Evening Standard, The Independent, the Financial Times and The Times. He has published a number of books on cities and government.

Travers has held a number of official posts. From 1992 to 1997, he was a member of the Audit Commission and between 1999 and 2004, he was a Senior Associate of the King's Fund. He has advised the House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee and the Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. He was also a member of the Urban Task Force Working Group on Finance.

Selected publications

References

  1. "Mr Tony Travers". Lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  2. "Tony Travers". London: Guardian.co.uk. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2010-08-25.


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