Disappointing Scrutiny

Cllr Krupesh Hirani has a post on his experiences of Brent Council's Scrutiny process here.  Unfortunately, scrutiny in Brent suffers from an excessively partisan atmosphere, coupled with (as Krupesh notes) a serious lack of engagement in the issues.  This is unfortunate, since I believe that the Scrutiny has great potential to improve public services in Brent but outside the direct powers of the Council.