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Supporting Scrutiny
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Published: 11:37 AM, 08 February 2010
By: noreply@blogger.com (Cllr James Powney)
Published: 11:37 AM, 08 February 2010
By: noreply@blogger.com (Cllr James Powney)
I read a paper on Scrutiny in Local Government by Steve Leach recently. One of the key issues in Scrutiny is that there is not enough knowledge to back up any investigation. Where Scrutiny Committees have dedicated staff, they are too few and/or inexperienced to offer necessary expertise. The Committees tend to rely on officers in each directorate i.e. the people whose position they may be criticising. He suggests a fund dedicated to buying in Scrutiny advice, or even a reciprocal arrangement
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