When they win; they claim it’s because they have listened. When they lose, they promise to listen better. Let us be fair to politicians. Most of them have always listened. It’s part of the skills set of any reasonably proficient elected member – whether a Westminster MP, a Welsh, Scottish or Northern Ireland legislator or […]
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The Green Alliance has just published an excellent paper called The case for clean air zones. It comes at a time when Birmingham, our second city, is preparing to introduce its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) and many other cities are considering the prospect. We have not exactly been quick off the blocks. Such zones already
Briefing Note release All eyes are now on the Towns Fund! The Consultation Institute has published its latest briefing note on the Towns Fund- a test for post-Covid community engagement. And a test it is indeed, not just for those councils that have secured some money through the Fund. All councils across the UK now
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It’s not often we see a consultation response being challenged in Court. More usually, what we see is a challenge to the decision, on the basis of a flawed consultation, but this week we saw a challenge that did both. The case revolved around a planning application to develop a new headquarters for “Ben Burgess
For decades there has been a consensus that meetings of statutory authorities in England and Wales should be held in person, at least in part so that public observation of Council meetings could be easily done and contributions sought where appropriate. There was no provision for remote meetings in either statute or other governing authority.
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One of the major disputes in Parliament this week was about the Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2021, a set of regulations which the opposition claim would remove protections found in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 from vulnerable immigrants. The consultation on the regulations was heavily criticised by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny
This week the Institute submitted our response to the Government’s judicial review reform consultation. The consultation, which follows the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL), asks nineteen questions about the Government’s proposed reforms, covering a wide range of reforms and is being undertaken as part of a programme of engagement with stakeholders which included two
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Join the virtual Roundtable event from The Consultation Institute and BDB Pitmans: Date: Thursday 13th May Time: 11am As the nation emerges from the pandemic, few issues are more likely to jump up the municipal agenda than air quality. In December, a Coroner’s verdict in London confirmed that air pollution had contributed to the death of a
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Another slightly smaller than usual Week in Parliament this week, with Scotland and Wales being out until after their elections. Little of immediate interest from Northern Ireland too this week, so we rely on Westminster to provide. There have been many great conflicts over the years. The ancient Greeks fought the Trojans in a clash
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The Institute asked Mind how they view the engagement of people with mental health in national and local policy. Aidan Mersh from Mind writes: At Mind, we believe in constructive engagement with the government, such as with the Stephenson Farmer review into workplace mental health and support of the 2018 independent review of the Mental Health act. However,
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