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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.

Last week we held a webinar for councillors and officers on the subject of the forthcoming Health and Care Bill. We were joined by...

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.

Over the past year, organisations across all sectors have experienced new complexities in shifting to a different operating environment and unparalleled challenges that have...

An independently chaired panel of customer representatives has published its first annual report on the performance of housing provider Mears - you can read...

An update on our work with ENGIE. ENGIE launched their Responsible Business Charter in 2018 which included commitments in the four areas of: fair business growth, transparency...

In England, a partnership of national organisations came together in March 2020 to support councils to put remote meetings arrangements in place. In recent...

Last week the Secretary of State announced his intention to exercise his powers to appoint commissioners to run certain services operated by Liverpool City...

In February we published a detailed position paper setting out views on the continuation of remote meetings in local government in England. Luke Hall...

To say that 2020/21 has been a significant year for local government is an understatement. The changes in ways of working brought about by...

The health white paper was published a few weeks ago – you can read our full response, and position, here. We do have concerns about...

It feels premature to admit it but it feels as though we are moving towards the end of the pandemic. We have a “roadmap”...

Last week we, along with our colleagues at Localis, published the governance risk and resilience framework – a set of material designed to assist...

A note on this document: Following the move to a new website, we have had to reinstate some of these pages linked to in...

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...