Tag: access to information

How Open Government can rebuild trust, support reforms, and drive efficiency

Joint letter from the UK Open Government Network, on how open government can build trust, support reforms and drive.


Fitting scrutiny into the local assurance framework

Exploration of how scrutiny is used effectively in quality assurance and who is responsible for this.


Councillors’ use of information

CfGS explainer on our guidance for councillors on their rights to access information.


Lessons from scrutiny improvement reviews

In 2018, CfGS carried out its first evaluations of local authority scrutiny functions using a new method, and under a new title. We brought together our wealth of research, policy and practical experience and developed the “scrutiny improvement review” (SIR) as a consistent and comprehensive way to evaluate scrutiny arrangements, to diagnose problems and to […]