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Join us to explore what makes a scrutiny review one that lands, from one that stalls, and how to turn findings into recommendations that get results.

The article makes the case that political disagreement isn't the enemy of good governance – weak governance itself is, using Croydon's financial crisis to show how poor challenge culture and transparency, not politics, caused the breakdown.

Join this latest learning event, geared towards helping councillors understand their council's constitution and use it with confidence.

Read Mel Stevens' speech at the SLCC conference, Power in Place, Harrogate, in July – where she argued that a shifting democratic landscape has implications for the role, and importance, of town councils