Boris Johnson’s Ten-Point net-zero plan for climate change emerged this week and promptly got a bad press from all quarters. Maybe it’s unfair, and tough on someone who has just removed his long-standing top advisor, planned a ‘re-set’ at 10 Downing Street and promptly got confined to barracks by the Test and Trace system. Parts […]
Three weeks ago in the Week in Parliament, we discussed the debate around the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2020 (and a variety of related orders). In short, a motion of regret had been brought by Lord German to object to the procedure by which the regulations were being
The ‘Permitted development’ case: When can you break a promise to consult? Read More »
The Grenfell Tower disaster has had significant impacts across society. It has lead to widespread debate on reforming various aspects across safety, building regulations and what approach the Government should take to homes and habitation. The latest expression of this is the Government’s new White Paper ‘The Charter for Social Housing Residents’, which looks to establish
Healthwatch England is the independent national champion for people who use health and social care services. It supports local Healthwatch to find out what people like about services, what could be improved and share these views with those with the power to make change happen. The success of Healthwatch relies on a robust base of
Healthwatch England and the Institute collaborate to support local Healthwatch Read More »
Well with the transatlantic excitement of last week now done and dusted, it’s time for the UK to stand up, frantically wave, and perhaps put on some sort of comical costume to draw attention back to itself. It has done so by exposing all the internal battles of No. 10 to the world. Messy, but
The Week in Parliament Read More »
Most consultors will be familiar with at least the basics of judicial review. It’s a process that allows decisions of public authorities to be challenged in the courts and gives individuals and groups a way to quash or otherwise alter unlawful decisions. It provides a vital balance between the vastly different levels of power represented by the
The Faulks Review – Judicial review under threat? Read More »
At the time of writing, President Trump is still resisting calls to concede the election, but the process up until this point has given us much food for thought. Although it would be easy to dismiss it as irrelevant, here at the Institute we think there are three major lessons for consultations that can be taken
Three consultation lessons from the US election Read More »
No-one’s watching Westminster right now are they? Let’s be honest, there are bigger things going on in the world. But that doesn’t make the day-to-day of governance any less important, and I’ve once again been casting my eyes over the Mother of all Parliaments (and only occasionally getting distracted by going down electoral rabbit-holes in
The Week in Parliament Read More »
One fairly common accusation levelled at consultors in the media and in court is that of pre-determination. “The decision was already made!” campaigners will cry. We saw an example of this last week in this story where a change to the public sector pay exit cap drew threats of a legal challenge on the grounds
Pre-determination and pre-emption: making changes before a consultation Read More »
The Institute has responded to the Government’s consultation on Planning for the Future in England. It supports a Government commitment that new arrangements for creating local plans will ensure that ‘communities can engage meaningfully in the process of developing them.’ New local plans will be much simpler than currently, and will be easier for residents
English planning reforms reduces residents’ rights to be consulted! Read More »
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