McHattie v South Ayrshire Council, [2020] CSOH 4 This is in many ways a straightforward, open-and-shut case prompting the question of why on earth did the Council waste public money on defending itself. On the other hand, it’s a great wake-up call for public bodies in Scotland (see below) The petitioner represented a 32-year old […]
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Starting a project and launching straight into a consultation without considering the likely positive and negative impact(s) of the project looks something like this… Risky. Impact assessments may not be the most exciting part of the process; however, they are an essential ingredient to successful and effective policy making. Let’s consider a recent case which
Forecasting the impacts… Read More »
Is the Rotherham case an outlier or an outrage? Last May, Mrs Justice Jefford heard what, in part, she admitted was a ‘finely balanced’ issue. The claimant was a 27-year old autistic woman with significant needs, who had attended the Oaks Day Centre in Rotherham since the age of 19. This was a judicial review
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Is The Economist right to be optimistic about technology? Every so often, The Economist publishes one of its weighty editorials, designed for maximum influence, and chose the imminent start of the ‘Twenties’ decade to discuss Pessimism v progress. Summarising crudely, its argument goes as follows:- There’s a lot of techno-pessimism. “The new technologies that dominated the last decade seem to
A decade of debate? Read More »
“For goodness sake, just get Xmas done!” “We’re fed up. For months, we’ve heard little else.” “No ifs; no but’s. Let’s stick to the agreed date.” “December 25th it is. If it can’t be done by then, our leader will die in a ditch rather than extend it by a single date.” “And as for
Last week, it was perfectly reasonable to argue that the scale and nature of consultations might not be much different whoever won the General Election. But few people foresaw the extent of Boris Johnson’s victory. Does the size of his majority change anything? It might. His programme was criticised for being too vague, but there
Boris Wins Big – so will he consult? Read More »
Might the election result oblige us to re-think one of the more fundamental tenets of public engagement and consultation? It is very early days, of course, but consider what has just happened. The referendum held in 2016 – for all its faults – was a gigantic consultation exercise. We asked the people a Yes/No question with experts
The revenge of the thwarted winners Read More »
2019 has been a year of growth for our e-Learning programme. Now in its second year of development, we have been delighted to see the awareness of our online training grow, as we attempt to build a reputable product like we’ve done so successfully with our public courses. Our online offering has proved to be
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This is the fifth General Election since the Institute was formed in 2003. In most of them, we have rigorously analysed Party Manifestos to examine their commitments to consult and gradually learnt that it is not a reliable clue as to how consultative a new Government might be. For the record, the Labour Party have
Does it matter who wins? Read More »
It may have been the ‘in’ term two years ago, but the perils of public perceptions were much to the fore at tCI’s major networking event of the year in Birmingham this week. Almost 130 professionals gathered together on Wednesday to hear 17 practical sessions on subjects as varied as co-production, continuous engagement, risk assessment,
Fake News danger dominates tCI Connect Read More »
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