This is a guide to the new reconfiguration arrangements, issued to complement statutory guidance issued by Government on 9 January …
This is a guide to financial scrutiny, intended to complement our “Finance scrutiny practice guide” (2020), which holds more detail …
This is a guide for elected members on their rights to access information held by their authorities. There is a …
Report author: Camilla de Bernhardt Lane This paper aims to support the work of non-Executive Councillors who are involved in …
This is one of three connected publications, all aiming to provide technical advice on the operation and review of critical …
To note: this is one of three connected publications, all aiming to provide technical advice on the operation and review …
To note: this is one of three connected publications, all aiming to provide technical advice on the operation and review …
What is this guide about? This is a comprehensive introductory guide that aims to provide an overview of the main …
What is this guide about? This guide aims to provide an overview of the main components that comprise of Children’s …
This guide is for councillors sitting on scrutiny committees, and the officers who support them. It is designed to support …
This is a comprehensive introductory guide that aims to provide an overview of the main facets of scrutiny and a …
Cost-of-living Information Digest by Megan Ingle and Camilla De Bernhardt-Lane The UK is currently in the midst of a cost-of-living …
Scrutiny and work programming, by Natalie Rotherham This paper provides an update, and summary, of material on scrutiny work programming …
This guide has been produced using funds from the JRSST Charitable Trust. It is part of a project being delivered …
This paper has been funded by a grant from JRSST Charitable Trust, as part of a project on post pandemic …
This publication is a collaboration between the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny and the Democratic Society and was authored by …
This paper is designed to support councillors sitting on combined authority overview and scrutiny committees to understand the pressures and …
This publication aims to review experiences of remote meetings during the pandemic – in particular, impacts on behaviours – and …
In 2018, CfGS carried out its first evaluations of local authority scrutiny functions using a new method, and under a …
How can combined authorities (CAs) alter their approach to governance for the post-pandemic recovery? Which partners will need to be …