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Annual Survey & Review: Latest Publications

Council Impact: Strong Scrutiny Linked to Confidence and Effective Relationships

The 2022-23 results of our annual of overview and survey in local government continue to demonstrate that effective scrutiny – …

What makes for effective scrutiny? Excerpt from the CfGS Annual Survey 2021-22

Read below the Executive Summary from our Annual Survey 2022. The full version will be published soon.  What makes for …

Scrutiny Frontiers 2020/21: experiences from the frontline

This third edition of Scrutiny Frontiers captures some of the scrutiny success stories from the experience of Covid-19 and beyond. …

Annual Survey 2019 – full results

We carried out a full survey in 2019, to find out councillors and officers views of oversight and scrutiny.    Nearly …

Scrutiny Frontiers 2019 – Experiences from the frontline

In this publication we hear directly from a range of local authorities about their experiences of scrutiny, providing an opportunity …