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A national charity, expert in all aspects of governance and scrutiny in order to create more accountable and transparent decision making

What we do

  • Enhance governance and scrutiny
  • Promote transparent decision-making
  • Cultivate effective governance cultures

Annual Conference 2026 - early bird tickets now available

Early bird ticket offer: 20% off your ticket price if you book now!

Our Annual Conference 2026 will be on 12 March in Birmingham - find out more and get your ticket now

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Featured Case Study

Brighton & Hove City Council

Discover how Brighton & Hove City Council moved from a committee system to a leader and cabinet model, creating a more resident-focused approach to governance.

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Royal College of Nursing
Member led
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Local Authority
ENGIE UK
Energy sector Private sector
Suma Wholefoods Co-operative
Member led
Glasgow City Council
Local Authority

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CfGS Annual Conference 2026 – early bird tickets are now available

Our 2026 annual conference will be on 12 March 2026 at Millennium Point in Birmingham. Book this year to get 20 per cent off your ticket price!
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Elevate: pilot scrutiny officer leadership training programme

We're announcing Elevate - a new pilot scrutiny leadership programme to launch in October, with course leaders holding drop-in find-out-more session on 9 September, at 10.30 am

21 August 2025
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Shades of grey: audit and scrutiny – understanding the finance and risk governance divide
Calendar icon September 30, 2025
Time icon 11:00 am - 12:30 am

Discover how audit and scrutiny committees can collaborate more effectively to strengthen finance and risk governance.
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Centre for Governance and Scrutiny calls for stronger accountability measures in English Devolution Bill

The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) today publishing responds to the Government’s English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, calling for more robust scrutiny and accountability measures to accompany the Bill’s transfer of powers to local and regional government

11 August 2025