Barnsley Council sets out scrutiny priorities for year ahead

Barnsley Council has set out its Overview and Scrutiny work programme for 2026/27, with the plan due to be presented to Cabinet for noting on 7 October 2026.

Overview and Scrutiny gives councillors who are not part of Cabinet a way to look closely at the decisions and services the council runs, and to feed their findings back into how the authority works.

The work programme sets out the areas members will examine over the coming year, shaping where scrutiny time and effort are focused.

The programme will go before Cabinet for noting rather than a decision, meaning councillors will formally receive the plan at that meeting.

More detail on the specific topics and reviews included in the programme is expected to be published alongside the Cabinet papers ahead of the October meeting.