Scrutiny needs proper resourcing to work

Andrew Coulson says councils must resist cutting the number of staff supporting the overview and scrutiny function.

By Andrew Coulson | 24 January 2012

Andrew Coulson says councils must resist cutting the number of staff supporting the overview and scrutiny function.

Ten pages of the Localism Act specify how councils (other than those that are governed by committees) should run overview and scrutiny. Ministers have given a strong endorsement of the importance of the function.

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