Category: News
Setting up the Scrutiny Review Library: what we learned
Find out more about some of the key lessons we learned about what works – and what doesn’t – when building a shared resource to support better, more connected scrutiny across the sector
CfGS announces team changes and welcomes new senior appointments
We are welcoming two new staff and saying goodbye to Ed and Camilla
Photo gallery
Take a peak at all the action from our conference, held at Millennium Point, Birmingham for the first time
Governance and 25 years of scrutiny
This piece, written by Ed Hammond, was originally published by the LGC, explains what we can learn from the moment that executive and scrutiny were separated in English and Welsh local authority governance
Conference 2026 speakers
Speaker bios as for the annual CfGS conference in March
Why we’re working together to help councils make the most of LGR
Today our three organisations – Anthony Collins, the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) and Collaborate CIC – are announcing an informal partnership to support councils on their road to local government reorganisation (LGR)
Celebrating the launch of Elevate
This week marks the official launch of Elevate, a groundbreaking new pilot programme designed to build scrutiny leadership skills, knowledge and confidence among officers from across the country
Shades of grey: audit and scrutiny – understanding the governance divide
Our Shades of Grey learning event explored the divide between audit and scrutiny in local authorities – we’ve summarised our guest speakers’ thoughts
What has scrutiny ever done for us? Sarah’s ADSO workshop
Earlier this month, CfGS’s very own Sarah Fenn delivered a workshop at the Association of Democratic Service Officer’s brilliant annual conference. Here’s what she learnt about the amazing impact scrutiny can – and very often does – have