Sector: Local Gov
Annual Survey of Overview and Scrutiny – Results Report 2021-22
Read the results from the 2021-22 annual overview and scrutiny survey.
Learning from the pandemic
A lessons-learned guide, post pandemic in 2022.
Local politics, local campaigns. Understanding how councils work and getting your voice heard.
A guide rethinking how local decisions get made, including changes that we might need to make in local democracy after the pandemic.
“Docking in”: changing the way we act on local democracy
A guide for rethinking how local decisions get made – and the changes that we might need to make in local democracy after the pandemic.
Considerations for improving citizen participation in the Scrutiny of Combined Authorities in England
A practical guide for officers and Members to stimulate ideas on public participation, and the role of the public in scrutiny.
10 questions to ask for a combined authority scrutinising economic development
A paper to support councillors sitting on combined authority overview and scrutiny committees to understand the pressures and opportunities that CAs face in tackling economic development and recovery.
Health and Care Act 2022
A briefing paper on local accountability of NHS bodies, in relation to local authorities’ overview and scrutiny arrangements.
Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill Briefing
A briefing paper on Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.
Approaches to meeting: learning lessons from the pandemic
A review of experiences of remote meetings during the pandemic.
Levelling-up White Paper: briefing on governance
A briefing paper on key governance considerations for local and combined authorities arising from the Government’s Levelling-up White Paper.