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The Public Accounts Committee has been interested in the Government’s policies on English devolution for some time now. Earlier this year, they put out...

Democracy, governance and the truth Understanding the past - improving the futureA national conference for local governmentThursday 1st December 2016Holiday Inn, London, Bloomsbury, WC1N 1HTPrices...

CfGS is looking for a bright, hardworking and experienced individual to join the team as a permanent Research and Policy Co-ordinator, to start in September...

This is the third in a series of blogposts reflecting on how the work of scrutiny might be evaluated. In the first two posts...

A #notwestminster and CfGS initiativeWhat is this?#notwestminster brings (or bring, if you consider them to be a plural) people together to create and share...

CfGS is at the LGA Conference in Bournemouth There is no doubt we are living through some of the most dramatic political times of a...

The referendum result has shifted the ground under what are already a tough set of challenges faced by NHS and social care managers. The...

 Following the referendum result there’s a lot of chatter about the likely impact of the decision on local government and the devolution agenda.If this...

This is the second of three blogposts about scrutiny’s impact. In the first post of this series, I introduced two recent pieces of research...

Durham County Council pick up Excellence in Governance and Scrutiny MJ AwardAt an exciting evening, celebrating some of the great achievements of Local Government, Durham...

This is the first of three blogposts about scrutiny’s impact and how scrutiny might be improved. It anticipates the publication by us at the...

Sometimes it’s tempting to think that the phrase “local democracy” is an oxymoron. Lots of it isn’t especially local in nature – so much...

Immunisation is a critical component in the public health armoury.It prevents death and disease and has a significant impact on health services, reducing infections...

May seems to be the month for publishing major reports on devolution. There is our own, launched recently (https://www.cfgs.org.uk/cards-on-the-table-devolution/), there is the imminent paper...

Today (12th May) we are launching a major paper on devolution governance. It aims to explore all aspects of the preparation, negotiation and implementation...

On 16 June, the winners of this year’s MJ Awards will be announced. For 2016, we have sponsored an award, for “Excellence in Governance...

What are the big issues of the day? Europe, for sure. The economy for another. The scourge of ISIS. What can local government scrutiny...

Jacqui comments and Ed blogs on the new Public Accounts Committee report. Jacqui McKinlay, Chief Executive of CfGS, commenting on the release of the Public...