Author: Cllr Ketan Sheth
Scrutiny and council readiness for emergencies – guest blog
Councillor Ketan Sheth, from Brent Council, shares his experience of how scrutiny can support council emergency preparedness. Over the spring and summer of 2017, terrorist incidents in Westminster, Manchester and London Bridge, and then the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in Kensington, rightly put emergency response at the forefront of minds across the UK; communities, politicians […]
Scrutiny and safeguarding in Brent – guest blog
Cllr Ketan Sheth discusses how they have scrutinised ‘Signs for Safety’ “The single most important factor in minimizing errors is to admit you may be wrong” – it’s not an easy maxim for anybody to follow, especially members of a scrutiny committee. It’s actually by Professor Eileen Munro who was writing about the complexities and […]