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This report by APSE (the Association for Public Service Excellence) and the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny discusses the ways in which scrutiny can...

Providing a lifeline: Effective scrutiny of local strategies to prevent or reduce suicide. This publication looks at effective scrutiny of local strategies to prevent or...

This guide is intended to provide practical advice for scrutiny committees and task and finish groups working on housing issues. This guide is intended to...

        Scrutiny guidance: things to think about (You can download a print version of this document at the bottom of this page) The Government is...

In June 2018 CfGS convened a roundtable to discuss central Government intervention in local government.  The Government has power to appoint Commissioners to run councils...

This is an update to a discussion paper produced in early 2018, expanding further on our proposals for local Public Accounts Committees ("local PACs")...

The Welsh Government published a Green Paper on local government in March.  The main thrust of the Green Paper was to lay out WG's plans...

On 19th March we presented the report and recommendations of our independent governance study to a scrutiny committee of the Royal Borough of Kensington...

Social value matters: 10 questions council scrutiny can ask about social value. Public services are facing a common challenge – how to spend public money...

The Committee on Standards in Public Life is an independent body which provides advice to the Prime Minister on matters relating to ethics in...

Design of a "Quality of Scrutiny" programme as part of a delivery and business plan.

A report looking at scrutiny and governance at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, commissioned by the council in the wake of the...

CfGS reviews the first few months in operation of the new scrutiny arrangements for Mayoral combined authorities. Since 2015, the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny...

A publication produced by CfGS for the Welsh Government - this guidance helps local authority scrutiny committees support the development of Public Services Boards...

A good governance discussion document As collaboration and partnership working need to become more streamlined, more strategic and more effective, organisations spending public monies should...

[UPDATE: this document was published in 2017, and scrutiny practice in combined authorities has evolved significantly since then. The Scrutiny Protocol (supported by Government's...

Devolution is of interest to everyone in local government. This CfGS publication explores some of the common challenges around governance and devolution and how a...

The welfare of all children and young people in the local community must be a top priority for any local authority. Safeguarding ensures that children...