Topic: Better scrutiny
This category covers material that provides advice, and shares our thinking, about what makes overview and scrutiny work well. It should be read alongside our Good Scrutiny Digest.
What a Summer!
A refection on activity over the summer, covering elections and devolution and the new Government’s agenda.
Cornwall Council
Anita Searby – Democratic Lead and Statutory Scrutiny Officer – shares what happened when Cornwall Council undertook a Scrutiny Impact Review.
Councillor ‘leadership’ of the scrutiny function – what does it really mean?
Post-local elections reflection from Ed Hammond, and the need for scrutiny training in leadership.
Annual Survey of Overview and Scrutiny – Results Report 2023-24
Access our annual scrutiny survey results and discover key findings from 2023-24.
New version of scrutiny guidance
Ed Hammond’s commentary on the Government’s new version of the statutory guidance on overview and scrutiny.
Not waving, but drowning – Council budgets and inflationary pressures
Camilla de Bernhardt Lane explores ways to navigate Council budgets and pressures associated with finance.
Annual Survey of Overview and Scrutiny – Results Report 2022-23
Read the results from our annual scrutiny survey in 2022-23.
Council Impact: Strong Scrutiny Linked to Confidence and Effective Relationships
Headlines from the 2022-23 results of our annual of overview and survey in local government.
Health Scrutiny Fireside Chat
Arrangements for Health Scrutiny explored by Camilla de Bernhardt Lane and Ed Hammond, with practical tips on how to administer them.
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.”