Category: News
Public Service Providers – trust, transparency and scrutiny? Take part in our survey!
CfGS is working to support a business in the energy, services and regeneration market who serves organisations in the public sector (including councils, schools, hospitals, housing organisations). They are keen to provide transparency and scrutiny of their activities to build trust between the business, its customers and stakeholders and improve its service delivery and […]
Building corporate trust by building in scrutiny
Public Trust Boards – what they are and how they work The issue of trust in our institutions and decision-makers is something we are struggling with as a society. Alongside the usual suspects of greedy corporates, politicians, journalists and lawyers, others, who have previously occupied a higher moral space, have found themselves on the public […]
Planning scrutiny training for the new municipal year
In local government leading up to May is a busy time of year as councils prepare and plan for a new council year and with all the potential changes that can bring in positions, committee places and if you are facing elections new members or even a change in administration. Whatever level of change you […]
CfGS is recruiting a Delivery Manager – Applications are now closed
Delivery Manager London, £34-36,000 + benefits Do you want a new job in the UK’s leading governance organisation? Are you passionate about decision-making being more inclusive and open to scrutiny? Do you have the expertise in research and event management and want to help us grow and succeed? We are recruiting to a new post […]
Northamptonshire provides some sobering lessons on budget scrutiny
One of the immediate consequences of central Government intervention in councils – the kind of intervention that is expected imminently in Northamptonshire – is that commentators and journalists begin to crawl over the council, dissecting what went wrong and offering their own insights. These sorts of “noises off” are often precisely what the council involved […]
Understanding risk, building resilience, improving performance
Using organisational insight to enhance governance and scrutiny A priceless asset of any organisation or business is insight from the workforce – the knowledge, skills and experience that people use every day to get the job done. But how many organisations or businesses make best use of that insight – to help identify risks and […]
A clinicians guide to local government – video
The National Health Service is at a critical time in its history. Life expectancy has improved significantly over recent years whilst technology in the health care field is advancing at an exponential rate and expectations are understandably higher than they once were. Although living longer, people are, on average, spending a greater proportion of their […]
Change at the Council: Kensington and Chelsea governance review published
A report looking at scrutiny and governance at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, commissioned by the council in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Why your council needs a scrutiny health check
Weak scrutiny can lead to failure, strong scrutiny supports success. “I think that where scrutiny is done properly in local authorities that have the right culture, and where scrutiny is taken seriously, it can perform an excellent function in relation to how the executive works by holding them to account and putting them in a […]
Good scrutiny begins with excellent work programming
Get expert advice, support and resources An effective work programme is central to effective scrutiny. But it’s no simple task. Consultation, prioritisation, challenging conversations, seeking agreement and then piecing it all together. And then there’s the amount of resource available to support both the design and delivery of the work streams and making sure members […]