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We carried out a full survey in 2019, to find out councillors and officers views of oversight and scrutiny. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of councils in...

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

(A shorter version of this piece appeared in the Local Government Chronicle on 18/03/20) In a time of crisis, accountability, transparency and good governance are...

UPDATE: This post, first published on 13/03/20, was updated on 17/03/20 to reflect changed Government policy and advice.    Plenty of people across local government will...

This is the third in a series of blogs about political culture in local governance and scrutiny. You can find the first and second...

In my last blog I talked in general terms about the attitude and approach of the executive, and what makes for good political leadership....

 6.2.20 Centre for Governance and Scrutiny welcomes appointment of new independent customer scrutiny board by Mears The Centre of Public Scrutiny has welcomed the announcement from...

This is the first in a series of five blogs on political culture and scrutiny. Over the course of the next couple of months...

News release 1.2.2020 New guidance will help council CEOs address perception of scrutiny’s ‘Cinderella’ status New guidance, published today, from the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS)...

Taking Scrutiny Seriously is a series of tools to help council CEOs and senior statutory officers improve the profile and impact of their council...

28.1.2020 CALL FOR EVIDENCE AND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Reducing Gambling Harms Is your Council working in partnership to understand and tackle gambling harms? Is your...

Resilience in Local Government As the new decade unfolds and we reflect on the past 10 years in local government, it is timely to review...

Culture, maternity failures and the Ockenden review: a case study Those with an interest in health scrutiny will have been keeping a watchful eye on...

Where does scrutiny sit in today’s democratic world?  How is digital democracy shaping the role of local government scrutiny? The conversation about digital in local...

News release   SURVEY REVEALS LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCRUTINY IS THE POOR ‘CINDERELLA’ COMPARED TO THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION Local Government scrutiny has never been more important in...

In the past few days we have received a number of queries from councils asking about how they manage the “pre-election period” in the...

The national charity responsible for championing excellence in governance and scrutiny in the private, public and voluntary sector, has welcomed three new Trustees to...

A range of national bodies are working together to enhance councils’ understanding of how they can diagnose and reduce the risk of failure in corporate governance,...

Scrutiny and democratic services officers are in a unique position in the council – they deal, day to day, with councillors in a way...

This is a short research report commissioned by the Combined Authorities Governance Network (CAGN) to explore the governance relationship with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)....

This is a short research report commissioned by the Combined Authorities Governance Network (CAGN) to explore the management of freedom of information (FOI) requests...