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Jessica Crowe

Jessica Crowe

Jessica Crowe is executive head of customers, commissioning and governance at Sutton LBC and former executive director of the Centre for Public Scrutiny

Articles by Jessica Crowe

What can councils expect from intervention?

By Jessica Crowe | 09 October 2023

With a unique perspective on intervention, Jess Crowe offers up some advice for councils faced wi...

Breaking the barriers

By Jessica Crowe | 24 October 2018

As Jo Miller’s presidency of SOLACE with its focus on equalities and women’s rights ends, Jessica...

Smaller BIGGER Different

By Jessica Crowe | 06 June 2017

A project to deliver shared ambitions for Sutton as a place will mean the council working in diff...

Future-proofing

By Jessica Crowe | 03 November 2015

Sutton has turned to its residents in order to work out the best ways to improve and streamline s...

Open for scrutiny

By Barrie Morris | 07 July 2014

Barrie Morris and Jessica Crowe explain the 'Raising the stakes' paper on better local financial...

Good, better, best!

By Jessica Crowe | 24 June 2014

Jessica Crowe highlights the success of Cheshire West and Chester, whose adoption services scoope...

Opening up to audits

By Jessica Crowe | 24 July 2013

A recent ethical audit on a bailiff firm gives us much to learn from, say Jessica Crowe and Claer...

Taking a close-up view of night and the city

By Jessica Crowe | 04 April 2013

Jessica Crowe reports on how scrutiny, accountabiity and good governance have paid off for Cardif...

Unclear about transparency

By Jessica Crowe | 06 February 2013

Clarity about definitions and the outcomes from the Government's policy on 'greater transparency'...