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The Week in Parliament
After our little Cassandra-like venture into prophecy last week and with Parliament now back from their Christmas recess, we can get back into our regular pattern of trying to separate…
Read moreConsultation in court- the cases of 2020
At the beginning of December last year, the Institute hosted a Wednesday Wisdom session looking at the consultation related legal cases of 2020. As it’s the beginning of the new…
Read moreTackling the Climate Emergency: The value of Community Engagement
Many people are cynical about public engagement and consultation: “why should I get involved, no-one will listen”, or “they will just do what they want anyway”. What these remarks really…
Read moreConsultation in 2021: Prognosis and Predictions
In a sea of uncertainty, the likely future for public consultations is remarkably easy to predict. The experience of 2020 has created a groundswell of scepticism and an increased wariness…
Read moreDo we need to ‘consult’ on option selection? Or just ‘involve’ ?
Challenges to NHS reconfigurations are some of the most common consultation related cases we see in the Courts. The latest in this canon was brought against the Herts Valley CCG…
Read moreThe Week in Parliament- What should we expect in 2021?
Well, we’re back and it’s been a quiet start to the year hasn’t it? Can barely think of anything notable that’s happened. So instead of what’s going on right now,…
Read more2020 – the consultation retrospective
Loathe though we are to unnecessarily return to 2020, it is the time of year where we have a brief look back of the number of public consultations we saw…
Read moreLocal Transport controversies in England – more chapter and verse
The controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) saga continues this week… LTN is a scheme where motor vehicle traffic in residential streets is significantly reduced by minimising the amount of traffic that comes…
Read moreA localised green future- the energy white paper and joined-up thinking
This week saw the publication of the long-awaited energy white paper, probably the most comprehensive overview of how the Government plans to clean up the British energy system and achieve…
Read moreThe Year in Parliament
As we’re now at the end of the year, I thought we might take the opportunity to go back through my near-meticulously kept (everyone’s allowed one tautology a year), spreadsheet…
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