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...
Scrutinising issues affecting children in the care of the local authority. Produced in partnership with the LGA. This guide describes the context for looked-after children...
This is the first of three blogposts about scrutiny’s impact and how scrutiny might be improved. It anticipates the publication by us at the...
Sometimes it’s tempting to think that the phrase “local democracy” is an oxymoron. Lots of it isn’t especially local in nature – so much...
Immunisation is a critical component in the public health armoury.It prevents death and disease and has a significant impact on health services, reducing infections...
May seems to be the month for publishing major reports on devolution. There is our own, launched recently (https://www.cfgs.org.uk/cards-on-the-table-devolution/), there is the imminent paper...
Today (12th May) we are launching a major paper on devolution governance. It aims to explore all aspects of the preparation, negotiation and implementation...
This detailed and comprehensive paper looks at every aspect of the English devolution process - from the initial scoping out of a proposal to...
On 16 June, the winners of this year’s MJ Awards will be announced. For 2016, we have sponsored an award, for “Excellence in Governance...
What are the big issues of the day? Europe, for sure. The economy for another. The scourge of ISIS. What can local government scrutiny...
Jacqui comments and Ed blogs on the new Public Accounts Committee report. Jacqui McKinlay, Chief Executive of CfGS, commenting on the release of the Public...
The next entry in the Good Scrutiny blog came about simply because of a question asked to Cabinet by an Overview and Scrutiny Committee....
Devolution expert takes up new role[caption id="attachment_845" align="alignleft" width="150"] New trustee: Dr Diana Stirbu[/caption]The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny is pleased to announce the...
With which of these statements about risk do you agree?“Councils are risk averse.”“Councils are cautious and prudent.”Give up?Of course, this is a ludicrous question....
As you will have read in my last blog, being a corporate parent is a really important role that all councillors have – ensuring...
I run an organisation that promotes scrutiny. I’m also a communications professional by trade. It is therefore little surprise that the leaked Panama Papers...
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