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This guide explains how effective scrutiny of council financial planning should focus on a council's medium term financial planning

Our Shades of Grey learning event explored the divide between audit and scrutiny in local authorities - we've summarised our guest speakers' thoughts

Key messages from Mel Stevens on the governance of public services, as featured in the Municipal Journal.

Camilla de Bernhardt Lane explores ways to navigate Council budgets and pressures associated with finance.

Our latest publication summarising research on how audit and scrutiny can work together to tackle the management and oversight of risk.

The latest in our Treasure Your Assets series, designed to advise and guide councils in how to manage and control their financial assets.

Arrangements for Health Scrutiny explored by Camilla de Bernhardt Lane and Ed Hammond, with practical tips on how to administer them.

A guide to financial scrutiny, 2023.

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

A summary briefing of a Financial Scrutiny Webinar held in 2022.

Although the cost of living crisis is dominating political conversation this week – especially in light of the rise of the energy price cap...

We have now published our annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government – the definitive picture of scrutiny’s effectiveness in the first...

New municipal year, new financial year – same pressures. We move into quarter 2 of 2021/22 still struggling to shake off the pandemic, and...

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.

Published in partnership with CIPFA. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on council finances, uncertainty regarding the delayed fair funding review and future operations for...

Our commercialisation and scrutiny guide is a practical tool for councillors who are involved in scrutiny and wish to find out more about scrutiny...

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve...

One of the immediate consequences of central Government intervention in councils - the kind of intervention that is expected imminently in Northamptonshire - is...

In fact, what is the best way for local authorities to understand what "the best way" even is? One method that CfGS have been interested...