The Centre for Public Scrutiny promotes the value of scrutiny and accountability in modern and effective government and supports non-executives in their scrutiny role
Last updated:31 March 2010
Communities and Local Government has published statutory guidance about how local authorities should respond to petitions. The guidance relates to issues that affect overview and scrutiny committees.
The guidance can be found here
CLGs response to the recent public consultation on these issues can be found here
We would like to invite organisations to tender for the event management of our 2011 annual conference. More info
Project management for scrutiny officers
Induction for chairs of non-executive committees
Local accountability: the challenge
Accountability in a cold climate