Resources

Results from the 2020-21 annual overview and scrutiny survey.

A guide for councillors on audit committees and scrutiny committees on how member-level activity on audit, and councils’ scrutiny functions, can work more closely.

This practial guide will be of specific interest for local areas seeking to establish a combined authority, or those in devolved areas (especially governance...

This ‘lessons learnt’ style debrief highlights governance change within combined authorities (CAs) as they responded to the crisis and considers the governance risks in the recovery phase.

A collection of case studies from local authorities, on approaches to tackling gambling harms through scrutiny.

CfGS has produced a draft of possible provisions, either for the Health and Care Bill or subsequent Regulations, to support the continued operation of...

CfGS has responded to the NHS's consultation on its System Oversight Framework for 2021/22. This work links closely with our ongoing work on the wider...

Building a strategic approach to scrutiny though interactive development and coaching sessions for council members.

A summary of the CfGS governance risk and resilience framework.

This is a document setting out the "seven characteristics" used to support the CfGS governance risk and resilience framework. You can find full details on...

A technical paper to explain the background to the CfGS governance risk and resilience framework. You can find full details on the framework at www.cfgs.org.uk/governancerisk March...

This is our second edition of the guide to overview and scrutiny in Combined Authorities (CAs). When the first edition of this guide was published,...

This document explains some of the key features of the new White Paper, with a focus on the role of local health scrutiny, and...

This is a CfGS position paper with our views on the potential postponement of the May 2021 elections (notwithstanding Government's confirmation that they will,...

Governance effectiveness review, in the light of the fire governance modernisation agenda from central Government.

An update to the CfPS/LGA publication "Rethinking governance" (2014). A separate appendix is available which provides more details on the experience of individual councils embarking...

This is an appendix to the CfGS publication "Rethinking governance for the 20s", which is a new edition of the 2014 CfPS/LGA publication "Rethinking...

CfGS has produced updated material on work programming and the production of scrutiny annual reports. This replaces earlier guidance produced by CfGS in 2011. It...