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Town and Country Planning Association’s seminar

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I was delighted to speak at the Town and Country Planning Association’s seminar on Getting Public Participation Right recently. My presentation, which covered the principles, processes, methods and legal practices that constitute good practice, drew considerably on the knowledge I’ve accumulated as an Associate of The Consultation Institute, particularly through tCI’s excellent training.  All of […]

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SEND after Surrey

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Two High Court judgments, one in August 2018, and another last week, on largely similar facts but coming to diametrically opposite decisions. In Bristol, the Judge found that a large proposed reduction in funding  Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) by Bristol City Council required a public consultation. When the same thing happened in Surrey,

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Surrey survives judicial review but deepens confusion on SEND cuts

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A first reading of last Friday’s decision to reject a legal challenge to planned Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) changes in Surrey raises many questions and will add to the frustration of councils faced with contradictory pronouncements from the High Court. It is not unknown for Judges to disagree with each other, but it

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The tale of tariffs; too sensitive to consult? Or just too inconvenient?

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On Tuesday, the Department of International Trade announced what it called the ‘Temporary tariff regime for a no deal Brexit ’. It was a major news story and was carried on all the media channels. The CBI’s Carolyn Fairbairn was soon on the radio, commenting  – “What we are hearing is the biggest change in terms

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What exactly are you asking me … and why?

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Consultation can be vulnerable to a confusion of motives. It happens when consultors represent a range of different interests, or when different organisations – or even departments within organisations – look to a consultation for something different. Last week, we had a marvellous illustration of this. A campaign group called Talk Fracking won its case in

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