Discussion Paper: Six themes to help make scrutiny ‘Fit for the Future’

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A discussion paper and six-point checklist has been produced for councils in Wales to help improve overview and scrutiny functions. These bring together some common themes and issues that have been identified during audit work across the 22 local authorities during 2017-18.
In the discussion paper, we have identified six key themes which we think many councils could reflect on to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their scrutiny functions.
We have presented these key themes as a checklist that councils can use to consider the efficiency and effectiveness of their arrangements: