5 Challenges facing the Canal & River Trust’s consultation
What stands between good consultation design and a credible outcome for Canal & River Trust’s boater consultation.
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Rebuilding trust before the Canal & River Trust consults
How a critical commission report is reshaping Canal & River Trust’s approach to its December 2026 boater consultation.
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Cumulative Equality Impact: When each decision isn’t enough
Cumulative equality impact: assessed alone, each budget decision can meet the equality duty. Assessed together, the picture often looks very different.
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Coffee Morning Season Three: 13 sessions, every Thursday, September to November
Season Two closed at the end of July and we are still being asked for the Insight Journals from Season 1! Thank you to everyone who came along, and particularly to the practitioners who were willing to talk about the experiences, and share their insights. We think it is always worth turning up – but
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Mobilisation Plans and TUPE: Where Confusion Creeps In
Why a well-run mobilisation plan during outsourcing does not, on its own, meet the separate legal duty to consult under TUPE.
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What is TUPE Consultation and what does it require?
TUPE Consultation: a plain English guide to what TUPE requires when public service staff transfer to a new employer, and who is responsible for it.
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No Statutory Duty to Consult? The Law May Disagree
A 2026 High Court ruling against Swansea Council shows that a duty to consult can run deeper than either statute or contract. A legitimate expectation, a reasonable assumption that a public body will act consistently with a past promise or established pattern of behaviour, can require a specific question to be asked even when nothing
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Why a Petition is not a Public Consultation
Petitions show strength of feeling, not evidence. Here is why a petition cannot replace a lawful public consultation.
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Cumulative Impact: The Blind Spot in Consultation Law
In February 2026, the Court of Session quashed a wind farm’s planning permission because its grid connection had been assessed as a separate project. The same blind spot shows up in NHS reconfigurations and net zero delivery. Here’s why cumulative impact needs its own place in consultation practice, and what the case law now requires.
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Net Zero Local Schemes: Who Pays, Who Benefits, Who’s Asked
Net zero schemes split cost and benefit like no other local decision. Here’s what that means for consulting communities well.
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