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Juden v LB Tower Hamlets- dealing with internal consultation responses

Planning can be a tricky area for consultors to manage, particularly when the planning application in question relates to heritage sites. Back in May the High Court dealt with an interesting case about the disclosure of information and internal responses to planning consultations. It emerged from a planning application to convert the former London Chest […]

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Community engagement finds a new Champion

Article / Rhion Jones

Rhion Jones reviews Becky Hirst’s book. Becky Hirst believes in community engagement. More than that; she LOVES it. Which is why her book is called For the love of community engagement. It is a ‘must read’ for anyone in this field. Full of relevant storytelling, interwoven with an account of her career and the contrast

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

No one was really paying attention to the UK Parliament proper this week, all (recently tested on long drives) eyes turning to the Honourable Member for Barnard Castle as he did his accounts, washed his dirty laundry, and sincerely apologised (not necessarily in that order). Westminster Oh come on, you knew that we were going

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Thinking about ‘unnecessary barriers’- user interface and experience in consultation

Article / Stephen Hill

Last year, we saw judgment handed down in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal on Patrick Lynch v The Boundary Commissioner for Northern Ireland. It wasn’t a case we covered in great detail, mostly making reference to it in other articles, because it didn’t particular reveal anything new or raise any novel points of law.

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Post election briefings for PCCs

Article / Anna Collins

As the dust settles on the third round of Police and Crime Commissioner elections and their recent manifesto commitments to listen to the voices of victims of crime, our resident expert Associate Anna Collins will discuss what this means for individuals who are new to the post. On the 6th May, the public went to

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

Westminster In Westminster this week, we saw the delivery of the Government response to the Williams Rail Review, the most comprehensive review of the British rail networks since privatisation. The report “Great British Railways: The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail” proposes the simplification of the rail network under one organisation “Great British Railways” to run all

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The coronavirus inquiry has been announced- but should there be a public consultation on its terms?

Article / Stephen Hill

Perhaps the biggest political story of the week was the announcement of the inquiry into the Government’s covid response. Announced on Wednesday the inquiry will commence in 2022 and take place under the Inquiries Act 2005, allowing it to compel the production of evidence and take public evidence under oath. Announcing the inquiry in Parliament

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

The big story of the week from Westminster was the announcement of the inquiry into the government response to coronavirus, which we’ve written about here (the short version: we think that the Government should be consulting on the terms of reference). There was also a speech by the Queen. Which we anticipated here. So what

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Towns Fund: How were towns selected, and what might be the consequences?

Article / Shaheena Ahmed

Many have welcomed the Government’s renewed commitment to area-based regeneration in the most deprived towns through the £3.6 billion Towns Fund. However, the process of selecting towns eligible for the fund has been subject to much political controversy and criticism. Regardless of politics, councils still have to undertake a high level of community engagement, and

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Healthwatch England and the Institute continue online learning collaboration

Article / Martyn Beeby

Following the success of the ‘Online Engagement Techniques’ course we created for Healthwatch England, we were given the opportunity to produce a second bespoke online training module for local Healthwatch across England. The impact of the pandemic forced local Healthwatch to abandon public events and face-to-face engagement, and find new ways to reach the seldom-heard,

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Juden v LB Tower Hamlets- dealing with internal consultation responses

Community engagement finds a new Champion

The Week in Parliament

Thinking about ‘unnecessary barriers’- user interface and experience in consultation

Post election briefings for PCCs

The Week in Parliament

The coronavirus inquiry has been announced- but should there be a public consultation on its terms?

The Week in Parliament

Towns Fund: How were towns selected, and what might be the consequences?

Healthwatch England and the Institute continue online learning collaboration

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