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A project supporting local council scrutiny committees to work with system leaders to review the effectiveness of local approaches to understand and tackle gambling harms.

The story behind why CfGS set up this combined authorities network for members and officers involved in governance and scrutiny.

A housing association model for resident voice and role in affecting decision-making and policy.

Example of how tailored training and development for a Member Council and Board led to a joint action plan that strengthened the organisation's collaborative governance.

We have recently recorded our 'Finance Scrutiny' webinar for you to watch below. We will also be uploading further webinars for member and officers in...

We are, to be honest, not great as a country when it comes to learning lessons after terrible things happen. Nationally, the model we...

The Public Accounts Committee’s report on council commercial activity makes for uncomfortable reading – for Government as well as for councils. The Committee is excoriating...

Recommendations on how to improve the involvement of resident voice and overall council governance, post-Grenfell fire tragedy.

We have today (25 June 2020) published a comprehensive practice guide on financial scrutiny, with our colleagues at CIPFA.  You can read a piece in...

Complementing the revised 2nd edition of our guide to scrutiny and COVID-19, this publication sets out the views of practitioners on their councils' scrutiny...

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...

In part one I kicked off with a brief introduction to the world of council logos, this part sets out what I've learnt. Council logos...

Whilst we still face many months of uncertainty and many institutions continue to be focused on the operational response to the pandemic, there is...

A lot of councils fairly regularly conduct reviews of their constitution. Your council may be one of them. You might do them in-house (your Monitoring...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many councils were engaged in serious conversations about how they needed to rethink local democracy and local governance. For...

It’s impossible to look across the Atlantic and experience anything but horror at the unfolding protests – and the police violence accompanying them. Seeing...

Free scrutiny webinars focussing on key areas of the COVID-19 crisis As scrutiny committees are now operating through virtual means, we need to think about...

Design, implementation and support for a housing association Tenant Advisory Panel.

A governance review to integrate survivor and victim perspectives into the Diocese of London's safeguarding strategy.

Whilst our recent content has focused on COVID-19 and the associated fallout, I thought this lockdown side-project of mine might serve as a welcome...