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Due and better process- the post-covid return to normality

This morning’s Guardian carried an interesting comment piece from Sir Jonathan Jones QC, the former Treasury Solicitor who resigned after disagreeing with the Attorney-General about the Government’s plan to give ministers the power to breach international law during the Brexit negotiations at the end of last year. Sir Jonathan’s article argued that the decision-making and […]

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Councils to lose health scrutiny power of referral; is this sensible?

Article / Rhion Jones

The NHS White Paper contains much that was entirely predictable. Sorting out the legal mess created by the Coalition Government’s reorganisation has been a requirement for years as Managers devised ever more elaborate workarounds to repair the damage. What was a surprise was that, in addition to enabling Ministers to intervene in NHS reconfigurations earlier

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

The big news out of Westminster this week is the Government’s NHS reform paper- we have a comprehensive overview of that here. But that’s not the only thing to be happening in Parliament. Westminster The other major story in Westminster this week was the announcement of the Government’s plans to remove dangerous potentially flammable cladding

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More goals, more integration, less scrutiny? The NHS Reform Paper

Article / Stephen Hill

This week, the Government published a White Paper detailing one of the most extensive shake-ups of the National Health Service since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 under the Coalition Government. Coming part-way through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the document promises to “learn the lessons of covid” and ensure a more “integrated” health and

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Unravelling Lansley:- Will it affect public and patient engagement?

Article / Rhion Jones

The weekend speculation is that the Government will legislate to re-organise the NHS in England over the coming months. An inspired leak has allowed Ministers to test public reactions, and hopefully to avoid the debacle that surrounded the Coalition’s NHS reform package almost a decade ago. The history of the changes which brought CCGs into

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

Online political debate in the UK this week has not so much revolved around parliamentary affairs, but rather about the goings on of a small Parish Council in Cheshire, the commentariat obsessed with answering one key question: Did Jackie Weaver really have no authority? (For the mercifully uninitiated I refer to a video making the

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New HS2 consultation- are the Government unfairly limiting responses?

Article / Stephen Hill

We saw an interesting complaint raised in the Commons this week about the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill, which we have seen (and commented on) before. The amendment that piqued our interest was one mandating a new consultation on the effects that HS2 construction works are having on communities and environments in Shropshire, Staffordshire

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The death of geography

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Will face-to-face consultation make a comeback? The inexorable rise of digital engagement is undisputed. It has been a significant feature of the last fifteen years; and the pandemic has certainly accelerated the trend. Where once we had volumes of paper sent to policymakers working nationwide or across large geographical area, they are now almost all

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High Court criticises London temporary traffic order decision- how should you do it right?

Article / Stephen Hill

One of the big consequences of lockdown and the tiers system has been a significant reduction in traffic across the UK. Many local authorities have attempted to capitalise on this by using traffic orders in various forms to expand the usable space for pedestrians and other road users. We’ve already looked at the issue several

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

It’s going to be a fairly short one this week- it’s been a bit dry in the legislatures. Nothing from Wales, nothing from Scotland. Perhaps the biggest news story this week is the delay of the Environment Bill, which looks set to not now pass before the autumn session. Just in time for a certain

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Due and better process- the post-covid return to normality

Councils to lose health scrutiny power of referral; is this sensible?

The Week in Parliament

Unravelling Lansley:- Will it affect public and patient engagement?

The Week in Parliament

New HS2 consultation- are the Government unfairly limiting responses?

The death of geography

High Court criticises London temporary traffic order decision- how should you do it right?

The Week in Parliament

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