Author: Jenny Manchester
Blog: COVID-19: webinars, workshops and other events
Our training and development offer is changing in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. You can find out more about our overall offer here. From now until September we will be offering a programme of short webinars on the key skills that councillors are likely to need in order to understand and oversee their councils’ response to the crisis, […]
News: CfGS welcomes appointment of new independent customer scrutiny board by Mears
6.2.20 Centre for Governance and Scrutiny welcomes appointment of new independent customer scrutiny board by Mears The Centre of Public Scrutiny has welcomed the announcement from housing and care company Mears today that it is launching an independent customer scrutiny board. The national centre of expertise in governance and scrutiny has supported Mears in developing, […]
News release: New guidance will help council’s CEOs address scrutiny’s ‘Cinderella’ perception
News release 1.2.2020 New guidance will help council CEOs address perception of scrutiny’s ‘Cinderella’ status New guidance, published today, from the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) will help council leaders and senior managers address scrutiny’s ‘Cinderella status’ and ensure that their council’s scrutiny function is effective in holding local decision-makers to account. Taking Scrutiny […]
News release: Reducing Gambling Harms – Call for Evidence by CfGS
28.1.2020 CALL FOR EVIDENCE AND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Reducing Gambling Harms Is your Council working in partnership to understand and tackle gambling harms? Is your scrutiny function supporting this work in anyway – through oversight or policy development? Would your scrutiny function like to do more to review partnership activity and access CfGS expert support […]
Resilience in local government – what do we mean? Blog by Katie Grigg, CfGS Research Officer
Resilience in Local Government As the new decade unfolds and we reflect on the past 10 years in local government, it is timely to review the current position of local government and its ability to respond to austerity, uncertainty and how well it is prepared for future threats and opportunities. Whilst there have been some […]
Blog: Culture, maternity failures and the Ockenden review: case study by Ed Hammond
Culture, maternity failures and the Ockenden review: a case study Those with an interest in health scrutiny will have been keeping a watchful eye on the developing independent review of maternity services provided at Shropshire and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust. Donna Ockenden was commissioned to undertake this review two years ago following a number of […]
Blog: How is digital democracy shaping the role of local government scrutiny? by Dr Catherine Howe, Vice-Chair of CfGS
Where does scrutiny sit in today’s democratic world? How is digital democracy shaping the role of local government scrutiny? The conversation about digital in local government has moved leaps and bounds compared to the comparable conversation about democracy and its time to put some serious thought to how we catch up. In leading councils digital […]
News: Survey reveals local government scrutiny is the ‘poor Cinderella’ compared to executive function
News release SURVEY REVEALS LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCRUTINY IS THE POOR ‘CINDERELLA’ COMPARED TO THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION Local Government scrutiny has never been more important in restoring the public’s trust in democracy, however scrutiny is still the poor ‘Cinderella’ compared to the executive function in local authorities, according to the national charity responsible for championing […]
Centre for Governance and Scrutiny strengthens Board with new appointments
The national charity responsible for championing excellence in governance and scrutiny in the private, public and voluntary sector, has welcomed three new Trustees to its Board. The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) announced three new appointments including Caraline Jackson, Head of Education at legal firm Bates and Wells and Helen Bailey, Chief Executive of […]