The COVID pandemic has made fools of many forecasters. This time last year, we based our assumptions on optimistic expectations that widespread vaccination would herald a gradual return to normality and that much needed changes in public services would occasion a heavy workload of public consultations. We still hold to that view; but our timings […]
Forecasting public consultations in 2022 Read More »
16th December last year saw the by-election in North Shropshire prompted by the resignation of the former cabinet minister Owen Paterson (elements of which we discussed here). The election, in what had been a safe Conservative seat, saw a 34% swing to the Lib Dems (the seventh largest in by-election history) and returned Helen Morgan
On 31st January this year it will be one year since Britain left the European Union. It’ll also be a month since the new customs and borders provisions took effect. For the former, it’s likely to see a slew of articles (from both sides of the debate) about how great/tragic Brexit has been, and for
One year on from Brexit- the consultation review Read More »
They hold Cobra meetings in the North Pole. Few people know this. But last week, whilst the rest of the world played party politics, Father Christmas convened a COBRA meeting to discuss some momentous issues. Not only is there the pandemic to worry about, but he also has climate change to consider. Following his consultation
COBRA at Christmas Read More »
The umbrella term and acronym, ‘BAME’ has taken the effect of categorising a diverse range of minority ethnic groups, such as African, Caribbean, South, and East Asian descent (and more), all into one group. A recent evidence-backed research found the term is outdated and misunderstood by the wider public and not representative of all ethnic
Why are you referred to as Black. Asian. Minority. Ethnic? Read More »
And that’s it. Parliament is in recess, and after I’ve pressed publish on this I’ll be going off on a long Christmas holiday. But, as is often the case, there’s just one last thing. This time it’s the upset of the North Shropshire by-election, where in the early hours of this morning the Liberal Democrats
The Week in Parliament Read More »
At the end of 2019, I wrote an article reflecting on the first full year of the Institute’s e-Learning offering. As we recently passed the milestone of 1000 unique students, it felt appropriate to provide another reflective summary of e-Learning and Video Production, and its importance during the pandemic. The trend for e-Learning has generally
Online Reflections on 2021 Read More »
It’s the time of year when the Government decides how much (or, more usually, how little) money it is going to give to local authorities for their local government finance settlement. As with every year, they launch a consultation on their proposals. This year, it drew our attention, because it was accompanied by a ‘draft
To view the official press release, please click here. The Consultation Institute (tCI), a global leader in consultation best practice, and the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a non-governmental organisation that works in partnership around the world to strengthen and safeguard democratic institutions, today announced an eighteen-month partnership project aimed at raising public engagement standards in
By Peter McColl The planning system is how we, as a society, decide what gets built where. It is one of the ways in which many citizens engage in our political processes. When I worked in the Scottish Parliament, around half the casework MSPs received was about planning. And that’s appropriate given that the planning
Scotland’s National Planning Framework points the way to doing planning a better way Read More »
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