Category: News
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
Audit and scrutiny workshops
Free, in-person workshops for audit and scrutiny chairs to explore roles, connections, and collaboration opportunities:
London (18th November); Leeds (27th November); Southampton (9th December) and Birmingham (16th December)
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
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!
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
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
Managing scrutiny of Local Government Reorganisation
Find out what happened at this online event, exploring how to embed effective scrutiny in combined authorities during local government reorganisation. Access practical insights from those who’ve been through the process, including slides and feedback from breakout groups.
Our first thoughts on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Some first thoughts on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Launch of National Scrutiny Officers’ Network
In this guest post, Fiona Bottrill, Senior Overview and Scrutiny Manager at Birmingham City Council, and her colleagues at the County and Unitary Officers’ Network are now welcoming a wider group of officers, and rebranding as the National Scrutiny Officers’ Network