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As the deadline looms we explain our latest thinking. Over the past few weeks we have been encouraging people to submit evidence to Communities and...

Cllr Ketan Sheth discusses how they have scrutinised 'Signs for Safety' “The single most important factor in minimizing errors is to admit you may be...

New report by CfGS for the Scottish Commission for Learning Disabilities (SCLD) SCLD and CfGS have today published Using scrutiny to drive outcomes: Improving quality of...

In July 2016, NHS England published a set of proposals regarding the future commissioning of congenital heart disease (CHD) services for children and adults....

Tim Gilling, discusses how scrutiny should approach Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). Last year the BBC called STPs ‘secret plans to cut services’. At the...

The LGA is currently inviting volunteers to take part in peer reviews. Part of the package from which LGA member councils benefit is the offer...

Jaqui McKinlay on why now is the time to shout about scrutiny successes  The Communities and Local Government Committee (CLG) inquiry into local government overview...

The CfGS is continuing to look into various issues relating to scrutiny. We have recently done a survey of scrutiny perceptions, and are currently working on...

Initial thinking on the inquiry and how you can get involved We’re delighted that the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Select Committee has decided to conduct an...

We hope that 2017 proves less interesting than 2016. Particularly in the weeks following the referendum, I seemed to get very little work done,...

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee has launched a national inquiry into the powers, functions, and effectiveness of local authority scrutiny arrangements and...

Edelman, a global communication firm which measures trust levels across the world, stated that in 2017 trust is in crisis. Data from 28 countries suggests that people...

The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny is interested in understanding the views of local politicians, council employees and other local people on scrutiny of...

The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), before Christmas, put out the latest in a series of reports which have been generally unconvinced of the...

We’re publishing the draft of a new self-evaluation framework for comment and criticism. You can find it here .  Back in 2006 we produced the first...

After what seems like a very long wait, Government has now published a draft of the Order which sets out more detail for combined...

Last week, we published our latest piece of research on devolution governance: "Governance and devolution: charting the way". Despite the uncertainty around the direction...

With winter comes emergencies and floods. Last year, we published a detailed blogpost setting out some ideas for practitioners – this post is just...