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This is the third in a series of blogs about political culture in local governance and scrutiny. You can find the first and second...

In my last blog I talked in general terms about the attitude and approach of the executive, and what makes for good political leadership....

 6.2.20 Centre for Governance and Scrutiny welcomes appointment of new independent customer scrutiny board by Mears The Centre of Public Scrutiny has welcomed the announcement from...

This is the first in a series of five blogs on political culture and scrutiny. Over the course of the next couple of months...

News release 1.2.2020 New guidance will help council CEOs address perception of scrutiny’s ‘Cinderella’ status New guidance, published today, from the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS)...

28.1.2020 CALL FOR EVIDENCE AND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Reducing Gambling Harms Is your Council working in partnership to understand and tackle gambling harms? Is your...

Resilience in Local Government As the new decade unfolds and we reflect on the past 10 years in local government, it is timely to review...

Culture, maternity failures and the Ockenden review: a case study Those with an interest in health scrutiny will have been keeping a watchful eye on...

Where does scrutiny sit in today’s democratic world?  How is digital democracy shaping the role of local government scrutiny? The conversation about digital in local...

News release   SURVEY REVEALS LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCRUTINY IS THE POOR ‘CINDERELLA’ COMPARED TO THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION Local Government scrutiny has never been more important in...

In the past few days we have received a number of queries from councils asking about how they manage the “pre-election period” in the...

The national charity responsible for championing excellence in governance and scrutiny in the private, public and voluntary sector, has welcomed three new Trustees to...

A range of national bodies are working together to enhance councils’ understanding of how they can diagnose and reduce the risk of failure in corporate governance,...

Scrutiny and democratic services officers are in a unique position in the council – they deal, day to day, with councillors in a way...

2020 will mark the 20th anniversary of the legislative changes that led to the establishment of the overview and scrutiny function in English and...

We’re hoping to do some work in the coming months on how scrutiny can engage with the climate emergency – engaging with the global challenge to...

If you are at an county or unitary council then structural change in the English NHS won’t have been far from your mind for...

The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny, in partnership with the NHS, hosted a well attended and engaging national conference focusing on the most important...