Topic: Governance
West Lancashire Council
This case study highlights the importance of experimenting, embracing imperfection and adapting to change as part of the journey to effective governance.
Thurrock Council
Thurrock Council’s transformation of its Overview and Scrutiny function showcases how structural fixes, skills training, and cultural change can address deep-seated challenges and build a more effective, collaborative governance model.
CfGS Conference 2025
Join us at the CfGS Conference 2025, to explore how bold governance and courageous scrutiny can empower public services to navigate complex challenges, enhance collaboration, and drive meaningful change for communities.
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.
Birmingham City Council
Following intervention, Birmingham City Council commissioned a Governance Stabilisation Plan to support its immediate and short-term challenges.
Governance Change
Learning Event designed for knowledge and experience sharing as well as soaking up the knowledge of experts.
London Borough of Barnet
A governance change journey, moving from committee to cabinet system and spotlighting challenges and opportunities along the way.
Regional Public Accounts Committees
This is the fourth edition of a technical paper first published in 2013.
Audit, Scrutiny and Risk
Our latest publication summarising research on how audit and scrutiny can work together to tackle the management and oversight of risk.
Health scrutiny and the new reconfiguration arrangements
This is a guide to the new reconfiguration arrangements, issued to complement statutory guidance issued by Government on 9 January 2024.