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Information, Cookies and Advertising – A storm brewing in La Belle France?

With the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK announcing a consultation on their new draft direct marketing code of practice on 8th January, data continues to be a major flashpoint for large groups of people. It’s not just an issue in the UK either. The French national information regulator, the National Commission for Information Technology […]

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The spectre of inequality

Article, Tuesday Topic / Rhion Jones

Consultation as one of the ways to address Yuval Hariri’s latest warnings. Consultation professionals are essentially concerned with process. We are not supposed to be pursuing our own political, social or economic agendas. Our role is to facilitate informed debate, though, over the years, many have argued that improved education, liberal values and the wisdom

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This Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

It’s been a quiet week in Parliament for consultation with most of the time being occupied with the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which completed its process in the House on Wednesday 22nd and received Royal Assent on Thursday 23rd January. Although this bill did not directly involve consultation and public engagement (save for an

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Stakeholder Mapping: Who to Engage?

Article / Shaheena Ahmed

It’s that time again! In last week’s article, the focus was on how public bodies can increase public participation and attract opinions from ‘seldom heard’ groups using online consultation methods. But how can we reach these groups if we don’t know who to target? This is why effective stakeholder mapping and identification is an essential

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Government Consultations- 2019 Retrospective

Article / TCI Team

For a number of years the Consultation Institute has been gathering data on government consultations from around Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Looking at both the UK government and the devolved administrations we can now summarise that data for 2019. Putting all top-tier administrations together the number stands at 725 in 2019, a number which

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Online vs Face-to-Face Consultation

Article / Shaheena Ahmed

“Of all households in Great Britain, 93% had access to the internet in 2019” “87% of all adults use the internet daily or almost every day in 2019”

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IRP throws down the gauntlet to unhappy Scrutiny Committees

Article / Rhion Jones

The well-respected IRP has just published its response to the October 2018 Referral form Dorset County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee. It contains strong criticism of the Council for having acquiesced in the controversial plans to make changes to the services provided by the NHS in Bournemouth and Poole, and subsequently changed its mind and referred

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The People’s Democracy- Momentum’s Labour Leadership Ballot

Article / Stephen Hill

We were rather amused when late on Tuesday night a tweet came across our feed showing the consultation that the left-wing Labour organisation Momentum undertook amongst its members to decide who they should throw their (not inconsiderable) support behind in the ongoing Labour Party leadership contest. Momentum is a body that has consistently promised both

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Flawed Consultation Gives Energy Companies Victory over Regulator

Article / Stephen Hill

Rhion Jones comments: This is a highly technical but important case where the inadequacies of stakeholder consultation jeopardised a public policy that matters to millions of people. In this article, Stephen Hill, our new Legal and Parliamentary Officer considers the details and rightly highlights the need for consultors to take extreme care when relying on

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A Council consultation failure with lessons for all Scotland

Article / Rhion Jones

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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Information, Cookies and Advertising – A storm brewing in La Belle France?

The spectre of inequality

This Week in Parliament

Stakeholder Mapping: Who to Engage?

Government Consultations- 2019 Retrospective

Online vs Face-to-Face Consultation

IRP throws down the gauntlet to unhappy Scrutiny Committees

The People’s Democracy- Momentum’s Labour Leadership Ballot

Flawed Consultation Gives Energy Companies Victory over Regulator

A Council consultation failure with lessons for all Scotland

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