Sector: Local Gov
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.
Scrutiny Improvement Reviews – main themes & findings
An evaluation of local authority scrutiny functions, using our CfGS Scrutiny Improvement Review methodology.
Guide to support combined authority governance of post-pandemic policymaking
A publication on Combined Authority governance approaches to scrutiny, post-pandemic.
Audit committees and scrutiny committees: working together
A guide for councillors on audit committees and scrutiny committees on how member-level activity on audit, and councils’ scrutiny functions, can work more closely.
A practical toolkit for emerging combined authorities
This practial guide will be of specific interest for local areas seeking to establish a combined authority, or those in devolved areas (especially governance professionals) seeking to explore and refine their relationship with Government following new legislation. Creating and negotiating a devolution deal involves a plurality of possible geographies, strategies and governance models, where the […]
Combined authority governance during COVID-19
This ‘lessons learnt’ style debrief highlights governance change within combined authorities (CAs) as they responded to the crisis and considers the governance risks in the recovery phase.
Governance risk and resilience framework: summary
A summary of the CfGS governance risk and resilience framework.