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The Coronavirus Act 2020- Desperate times and desperate measures

At 5:30PM Wednesday evening the Coronavirus Act was given royal assent and became law in the United Kingdom. It is undoubtedly a truly seismic piece of legislation enabling the government to properly implement the lockdown under which we have now all been placed until the severity of the crisis lessens. Things that in normal times would have been considered legislatively […]

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

Sincerest apologies for the lack of a Week in Parliament last week, I’m afraid a combination of the Budget and the escalating coronavirus situation made the end of last week a little bit fraught! But we are back in action, so far as we can be this week. Parliament has a brand new obsession, and

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Budget 2020: What are the omens for consultation?

Article / Stephen Hill

ED: Apologies for the delay on this- Covid-19 ended up rather dominating things towards the end of last week. Last week’s budget was, as we said in our quick summary on the day, a budget of two halves. The first part designed to bring in measures to support the ongoing fight against the coronavirus, and the second to begin to

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Institute issues advice on covid-19 and consultation

Article / Stephen Hill

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,

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Co-production: an asset-based approach to involving citizens in service change

Article / Andy Wright

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.

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Budget 2020: The mystery of the missing consultation

Article / Stephen Hill

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

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Meeting the challenges of cross-border consultations

Article / Simon Angelides

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

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The power of consultation… Over time?!

Article / Stephen Hill

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

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Health Inequalities: Court rejects positive discrimination challenge

Article / Rhion Jones

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

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The importance of young people’s political engagement with climate change

Article / Shaheena Ahmed

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

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The Coronavirus Act 2020- Desperate times and desperate measures

The Week in Parliament

Budget 2020: What are the omens for consultation?

Institute issues advice on covid-19 and consultation

Co-production: an asset-based approach to involving citizens in service change

Budget 2020: The mystery of the missing consultation

Meeting the challenges of cross-border consultations

The power of consultation… Over time?!

Health Inequalities: Court rejects positive discrimination challenge

The importance of young people’s political engagement with climate change

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