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.
London Borough of Merton
Example of our methodology for a scrutiny impact review, with recommendations for a council to put into action.
Annual Survey 2019 – full results
We carried out a full survey in 2019, to find out councillors and officers views of oversight and scrutiny. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of councils in England and Wales are represented in these findings. Although we released some headline findings at our Driving Smarter Scrutiny Conference in December 2019, these full results reveal more about the […]
Combined authority scrutiny: six months on
CfGS reviews the first few months in operation of the new scrutiny arrangements for Mayoral combined authorities. Since 2015, the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny has been carrying out sustained research on devolution –into howlocal governance can be an integral part of the dealmaking process,and into the mechanics of the how overview and scrutiny systems […]