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The Centre for Public Scrutiny has published a report in its 'Putting it into Practice'series in memory of Gwyneth Dunwoody, focused on how to be an effective independent minded governor.
Effective scrutiny is key to ensuring public confidence in government, announces new Chair of the Centre for Public Scrutiny.
Councils with a strong scrutiny function are more likely to perform well in Audit Commission corporate assessments (as part of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA)). This is the message from the latest Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) rese
Jessica Crowe has been named the next Executive Director of the Centre for Public Scrutiny.
'Inspirational leader' of scrutiny community, Dr Jane Martin, to hand over directorship of the centre for public scrutiny for the next stage of development
Dr Tony Wright MP, Chair of the Public Administration Select Committee and Chair of the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) today called for the scrutiny of public services to follow 'four principles of effective public scrutiny', which together help
The governance and management of schools is at a cross-roads, but local accountability cannot be guaranteed without the reform of school governing bodies, argues the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) in its latest policy paper.
Details of two new publications from CfPS: the report of its third annual survey of overview and scrutiny in local government; and a research study examining use of the call-in procesdure.
The Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) celebrates its third birthday this Tuesday (24th Jan) with a lecture by Baroness Rennie Fritchie DBE on the effectiveness of public sector boards, and by publishing 'Successful Scrutiny', a collection of case s
A support package helping councillors to scrutinise health and healthcare issues has been praised by Ministers following the presentation of its first annual report.