CfPS report urges councils to employ greater fiscal surveillance

摘要

Effective scrutiny can help local authorities with financial management, according to a new report by the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) and Grant Thornton. The report, entitled Raising the Stakes, is a guide for Welsh councils on how scrutiny can add value to financial planning, with examples of questions that members can ask to help scrutinise their local authority's budget. 'In the current economic climate, councillors have difficult choices to make when setting their budgets and this is unlikely to get any easier in the foreseeable future.