Sector: Local Gov
Council size changes: learning lessons from submissions and implementation
Research on the process electoral review in England, 2022.
Scrutiny and work programming
A summary of material on scrutiny work programming, 2022.
Health and Care Act: discussion paper
A discussion paper on Regulations and Statutory Guidance relating to health scrutiny, further to the Health and Care Act 2022.
Scrutiny of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill
A briefing paper on Scrutiny of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill.
Critical risks, commercialisation and the role of Scrutiny
A Critical Risk Brochure for local authorities, exploring scrutiny and commercialisation.
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.