Topic: Devolution
Governance: evolution and experimentation
This blog explores the potential shift in governance and decision-making for councils and combined authorities in the context of new government missions, emphasising the need for a more collaborative, experimental approach to public service delivery and the significant governance changes required to make it successful.
What a Summer!
A refection on activity over the summer, covering elections and devolution and the new Government’s agenda.
Governance and Devolution: Challenges for a new Government
CfGS launches a new thought piece which outlines a system approach to governance and how to do it.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
Governance change example, using a bespoke approach to scrutiny at combined authority level.
Devolution and Good Mayoral Governance White Paper
A paper on the subject of directly elected Mayors in English (DEMs) local government, and as a feature of English combined authorities.
Considerations for improving citizen participation in the Scrutiny of Combined Authorities in England
A practical guide for officers and Members to stimulate ideas on public participation, and the role of the public in scrutiny.
10 questions to ask for a combined authority scrutinising economic development
A paper to support councillors sitting on combined authority overview and scrutiny committees to understand the pressures and opportunities that CAs face in tackling economic development and recovery.
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 […]
Revised guidance: Overview and Scrutiny in Combined Authorities
This is our second edition of the guide to overview and scrutiny in Combined Authorities (CAs). When the first edition of this guide was published, CAs – and the overview and scrutiny systems designed to form a part of their governance framework – were yet to be tested in practice. This new edition has provided […]
Combined Authorities Governance Network
The story behind why CfGS set up this combined authorities network for members and officers involved in governance and scrutiny.