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How the DWP got it wrong – One of the causes of Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation was a flawed public consultation by the Department of Work and Pensions

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Whilst political journalists and commentators of every hue enjoy pouring over the entrails of the weekend’s dramatic political developments, this Tuesday Topic looks at just one specialist aspect of the story. Leaving aside the merits of the case for changing Personal Independence Payments to disabled people, was the consultation leading to the Government’s recent announcement […]

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Brussels consults … yes it does! – Many will be surprised by the range and quality of EU consultations – and their relevance.

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Hands up everyone. Who among you has EVER responded to a European Union consultation? As the Referendum debate rages, a familiar, oft-repeated allegation is that European institutions remain remote and opaque. Brussels has long been characterised – at least by large chunks of the UK media – as an overbearing bureaucratic machine, unresponsive to any

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Majority vote – A Referendum is only one form of decision-making and there are other good ideas around!

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Ever since the Institute began, the first thing taught to members and supporters is the mantra Consultation is not a Vote. Indeed, it was the theme of the first ever Tuesday Topic. But, of course, there are times when major decisions only feel fair and democratic if a Referendum is held; and supporters of direct

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Consultation-related Judicial Reviews – mid-year Update

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One of the Institute’s most active members recently commissioned us to prepare an Update for those of its staff who attended the Law of Consultation training course in 2013. Elizabeth Gammell and Rhion Jones will deliver a two-hour update on Friday, and they have just spent some time taking stock. In all, they have reviewed

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The Government’s new Principles – How useful are the Government’s 2016 Consultation Principles?

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In 2012, the Coalition Government took us all by surprise and tore up the 2008 Code of Practice on consultations and replaced them with a hastily-drafted set of Principles. Practitioners huffed and puffed; in the Institute we produced a rather heavyweight commentary which we published as a Briefing Paper. Forgive us for having a sense

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In praise of excellence – Is there any real benefit to being outstandingly good at consultation?

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Thirty years ago, an American management consultant from McKinsey became rich and famous when he wrote a series of best-selling business books, starting with In Search of Excellence. His name was Tom Peters, and he convinced a lot of people – though in later life his reputation has been sullied by allegations that some of

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Summing up the Options – A recent Judicial Review highlights the problem when the numbers don’t add up

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Lambeth Council has just lost a Judicial Review in a case that holds lessons for many of us involved with pubic consultations. The story is about a social housing development called Cressingham Gardens, which is felt to be showing its age, fifty years after being built in the 1960s. Much of it is still social

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Consultation ‘after the event’ – Can it ever be right to use consultation to seek support for a decision you’ve already taken?

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Over the weekend, the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn wrote to party members to ‘consult’ them about their opinions on the difficult issue of whether or not the UK should conduct air strikes against the Daesh (ISIS) in Syria.

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