Ed Hammond

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Ed Hammond is the head of programmes (Local Accountability) at the Centre for Public Scrutiny

Mindset matters when it comes to governance

Committees are a crucial governance safeguard, and local government changes have added to their... Read more
Face value: why culture is as important as rules in good governance

Finance officers need to interrogate and address cultural and behavioural factors, which are as... Read more
Tell us your views on local public accounts committees

Finance professionals are being asked for their views on a new means of scrutinising place-based... Read more
What parliamentary boundary changes mean for devolution and scrutiny

The proposed reduction in the number of MPs in the House of Commons will affect how government is... Read more
Councils must prepare now for fiscal devolution

Local government will need meaningful fiscal devolution in order to bring about transformation in... Read more