The Consultation Institute has today issued advice to all members and the public on how the ongoing coronavirus crisis will affect consultation and public engagement. The Institute advises on key questions as to whether your consultations should proceed, reasonable alterations you should make to your processes to ensure that they remain within the expected standards, […]
Institute issues advice on covid-19 and consultation Read More »
The Institute is regularly approached by public bodies seeking to conduct consultation that meets best practice standards. Increasingly those who approach us are wrestling with the challenge of meeting the requirements to co-produce service change, which policymakers in all spheres of public activity require as a first step rather than an additional activity bolted on.
Co-production: an asset-based approach to involving citizens in service change Read More »
Today we had the first budget of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, and it was undoubtedly a budget of two halves. The first, dealing with the ongoing crisis over coronavirus/covid-19, and the second dealing with the more humdrum affairs of government and starting the implementation of the Conservative election manifesto. Much like
Budget 2020: The mystery of the missing consultation Read More »
Writing a chapter on Achieving Excellence in Public Participation and Consultation for the recently published book Regulation of Extractive Industries: Community Engagement in the Arctic gave me the opportunity to reflect on the specific circumstances of a single consultation crossing not only international boundaries but also diverse cultures. The Arctic provides a perfect case study
Meeting the challenges of cross-border consultations Read More »
Here at the Institute we are firm believers in the power of consultation. Done well, it can not only lead to more general public involvement, but lead to better decisions being made. It can be used to assuage doubts, to inform the public, and to ensure that all decisions are well scrutinised. But here’s one
The power of consultation… Over time?! Read More »
The latest legal challenge to NHS service changes in England has resulted in a victory for local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Kent. In the case of R (Keppel) v Ten CCGs in Kent [2020] EWHC 372, a local campaigning group challenged plans to centralise stroke services at three centres with the consequence that existing
Health Inequalities: Court rejects positive discrimination challenge Read More »
Climate change is a popular topic that is currently dominating the political and public agenda. It’s clear that climate change is no longer a technical, economic, or financial question. It has now become entirely a political one – and young climate activists are keen to get involved! Last year, a petition with almost 12,000 signatures
The importance of young people’s political engagement with climate change Read More »
One of the big cautionary notes that Councils must always be aware of is not only what the status of their documents is, but also how those documents are seen from outside. The most prominent case on this was R (Flatley) v Hywel Dda [2014] EWHC 2258 (Admin) in 2014, where the High Court determined
As climate change rockets up the political agenda, we are surely going to see a steep rise in the number of initiatives to make us a ‘greener’ society. This week’s consultation on introducing slightly less damaging fuel to our petrol/diesel forecourts is a great illustration of the pressures that will arise as decisions are taken
Greener petrol consultation not necessarily a no-brainer Read More »
A couple of weeks ago, I predicted that the once dead-zone of agriculture and fisheries was going to become a key battleground for consultation in the imminent future. That imminent future is now here. Was it more imminent than you thought? The most interesting subjects in the Commons came up in ninth and tenth sittings
The Week in Parliament Read More »
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