Tag: risk and resilience
What a Summer!
A refection on activity over the summer, covering elections and devolution and the new Government’s agenda.
The alchemy of governance – understanding the golden triangle
An introduction to relationships in the “golden triangle” of Monitoring Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Executive.
Not waving, but drowning – Council budgets and inflationary pressures
Camilla de Bernhardt Lane explores ways to navigate Council budgets and pressures associated with finance.
Civility, equality, tolerance and the management of council meetings
A dive into relationships, behaviours and conduct management, involving members, officers, and the public.
Engaging with the outcome of peer review to inform improvement
Information about external review and peer-led assurance techniques, associated with the “Corporate Peer Challenge.”
CfGS Submission to LUHC Select Committee Call for Evidence on Oflog
CfGS insights on the establishment of the Office for Local Government (Oflog).
The “Scrutiny Protocol” – new arrangements for scrutiny in combined authorities
Government guidance for combined authorities on overview and scrutiny arrangements, alongside a CfGS perspective and guide.
Fitting scrutiny into the local assurance framework
Exploration of how scrutiny is used effectively in quality assurance and who is responsible for this.
Governance implications of Government intervention in local councils
Notes from our roundtable event on the governance implications of Government intervention in local councils.
Governance risk and resilience
In March last year (2021) we published the “Governance risk and resilience” framework – a set of material designed to support people working in councils (and in other parts of the public sector too) to understand some of the behaviours and challenges that can lead to weakness in the corporate governance framework. Since then we […]