News & events

Step-by-step guide to putting together a scrutiny training and development programme.

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman perspective on investigating complaints about councils.

Results and reflections on the 2023 CfGS Annual Conference, Annual Conference.

Chief Executive update, 2023.

Headline findings of the 2023 CfGS annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government.

Thoughts on the Hewitt Review on integrated care systems.

Cross-party Homelessness Task and Finish Working Group, launched to examine the impact of any increase in homelessness in Exeter as a result of benefit cuts and increases in the cost of living.

Exploration of how to prepare for a new a incoming administration.

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...

Sharpening the scrutiny function in a Children's Scrutiny Action Plan, in respond to Ofsted.

Thoughts on bringing accountability in Local Public Accounts Committees to life.

First thoughts on the English Devolution Accountability Framework.

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...

How CfGS can help support transition in times of elections and change.

Discussion on scrutiny in committee system authorities; how to make it work and associated challenges to consider.

Interrogation of Local Public Accounts Committees, and their purpose.

[UPDATE: new arrangements for scrutiny of substantial variations in local health services came into force in January 2024. You can find more details here]. Over...

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...