Author: Nicolay Sorensen
Join the CfGS team – we’re looking to recruit a Business manager
Do you have governance/scrutiny expertise and an entrepreneurial spirit? If so, you could be just the person we’re looking for to join our team. Business manager £39,660 – £48,867 (depending on experience) + 30 days’ annual leave London or home based (with frequent travel) The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) is recruiting a Business manager to […]
Update on our CLG inquiry submission
As the deadline looms we explain our latest thinking. Over the past few weeks we have been encouraging people to submit evidence to Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into local government overview and scrutiny. The committee clerk has told us they are particularly interested in receiving evidence from individuals, keen to hear the frank […]
Improving health outcomes for people with learning disabilities in Scotland – CfGS/SCLD report
New report by CfGS for the Scottish Commission for Learning Disabilities (SCLD) SCLD and CfGS have today published Using scrutiny to drive outcomes: Improving quality of life for people with learning disabilities in Scotland. The report sets out the vital role effective scrutiny plays in ensuring that health and social care services are meeting the needs […]
Submit your entry to the Excellence in Governance and Scrutiny MJ Award
CfGS is sponsoring the Excellence in Governance and Scrutiny category at the MJ Awards in 2017. The MJ Awards The Excellence in Governance and Scrutiny MJ Award is an opportunity to have your work recognised nationally. Since they were launched in 2004 to recognise and promote the hard work and […]
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside…
CfGS is at the LGA Conference in Bournemouth There is no doubt we are living through some of the most dramatic political times of a generation. The EU referendum, a prime minister resigning and political infighting amongst the Conservatives and Labour create a colourful back-drop to the Local Government Association Annual Conference in Bournemouth. There […]
Governance and Scrutiny MJ Award winner announced
Durham County Council pick up Excellence in Governance and Scrutiny MJ Award At an exciting evening, celebrating some of the great achievements of Local Government, Durham County Council, were presented with the Excellence in Governance and Scrutiny MJ Award, which CfGS sponsored this year, for their commitment to public participation in local decision making. Presented with […]
Dr Diana Stirbu joins CfGS Trustee Board
Devolution expert takes up new role The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Diana Stirbu to its Trustee Board. Dr Stirbu is Senior Lecturer in Public Administration at London Metropolitan University and a leading academic in the field governance, devolution and public administration. Having worked in the public […]
CfGS is getting a new website…
Our current site dates back to 2011. It’s been a pretty good shop window for us, but it has its shortcomings – not least, the fact that it is groaning under the accumulated weight of thirteen years of pages, publications and other data, which were all transferred over wholesale from previous websites. The site’s design […]
Our response to the budget
The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny welcomes the budget announcement on greater devolution of further powers to more parts of the country. We will continue to work with colleagues in government, local government and the wider public sector to urge a more inclusive and transparent approach to devolution deal making and implementation. We remain concerned that the […]
More transparency and public consultation needed in devolution deals
The Communities and Local Government Committee has today released a report highly supportive of the principle of greater devolution but is critical that the devolution negotiations to date have lacked transparency. In addition it calls for greater public engagement, before, during and following devolution agreements. CfGS, which has been campaigning for greater openess […]