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LGA Conference Blog, By Megan Ingle
Hot off the heels of our own Annual Conference in mid-June, CfGS then attended the LGA Conference 2023 in early July, joined by our colleagues the Association of Democratic Service Officers (ADSO) and Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) on the ‘good governance hub’. The LGA advised that their programme this year would ‘focus on providing […]
Chief executive’s update: April 2023
Chief Executive update, 2023.
Updated Panellist Profiles for the upcoming CfGS Conference
Please find below the profiles of our panellists and chair for the panel at our upcoming conference. The conference is titled ‘Governance and scrutiny fit for the future’ – building public trust to meet the challenges facing local services’ Agenda. Our panel topic is, ‘On the centrality of good governance to the future of local […]
Discussion Paper for Roundtable- ‘Changes to Inspecting Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS) & how Scrutiny can meaningfully add value’
This is a roundtable event to explore the changes to Inspecting local authority children’s services (ILACS) and how Scrutiny can meaningfully add value to the process: Inspecting local authority children’s services – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please click the below link to view the discussion paper for the event. If you have any questions, please do contact […]
Chief executive update
We are moving towards financial year-end here at CfGS – a busy time, when we are also tying off a lot of our 2022/23 work for local authorities as well as agreeing the terms of our annual memorandum of understanding with the LGA. We’re very close to the start of the pre-election period too – […]
CfGS Annual Survey of overview and scrutiny in local government
The information we gather from this survey is used to inform the guidance and support we provide, our discussions with government and other sector bodies to improve policy and our work to promote the role of scrutiny and good governance. The link for the survey can be found below and should only take around 10 […]
Chief Exec’s Update, January 2023
2023 is going to be an exciting year for CfGS. Firstly, we’ve just opened bookings for our Annual Conference, now back in its old timeslot of mid-June. This is a great opportunity to come together with fellow scrutineers, to share and to learn from each other. The team has put together a great programme which […]
CfGS Annual Conference 2023 Agenda
Please click the link below to find the agenda for our annual conference ‘Governance and scrutiny fit for the future’ – building public trust to meet the challenges facing local services’
Managing Finances in a Crazy World by Kieran Timmins (CfGS Associate)
Managing Finances in a Crazy World Prices rise at their fastest rate for 40 years – inflation already over 11% this year. Bank of England increased interest rates to 3% Energy costs are soaring. Households hit by £700-a-year increase in energy costs in April. It costs more than £100 to fill an average family car with […]
Improving Scrutiny: From the perspective of a new Democratic Services Officer by Charlotte Cameron, Democratic Services Officer, Peterborough City Council
Improving Scrutiny: From the perspective of a new Democratic Services Officer When I started my role as a Democratic Services Officer, in the April of this year, I was starting my first role in a local authority. As a fresh, wide eyed new starter I had little idea of how important my role as […]