Tuesday I spent at Gatwick’s Noise Management Board Public Meeting in a week that sees two massive aviation consultations launched – see here & here –  but it’s all about Heathrow’s 3rd runway being the Government’s preferred option for SE expansion and a complementary UK airspace policy review, with a special focus on noise and […]
Gatwick act on noise in a HUGE Airport Consultation week! Read More »
Are car drivers too scared to look under the bonnet? Those who found Donald Trump’s Inauguration speech last Friday distasteful have been dismissed as part of the political classes that have ostensibly lost touch with large parts of the electorate they are meant to serve. More accurately, what we may be witnessing is the tension
Public consultations – in defence of nuance! Read More »
Following the Brexit result from the European Referendum (EU) in June 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) has been plunged into a period of uncertainty. Article 50, which Prime Minister Theresa May looks set to invoke at the end of March 2017, will trigger the two-year leave process from the EU, however, many concerns have been aired
Environmental Impact Assessments and Public Consultation in a Post-Brexit Climate Read More »
Later this week, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th US President after a very divisive and heated campaign. Earlier this week, Theresa May delivered her long-awaited Brexit speech which has divided Britain through and through; leaving scars that might take years to heal. 2016 has been an intense year for a lot of
The defeat of public engagement in 2016 – what’s next? Read More »
Many councils are currently completing their new Local Plans – and no region is under as much pressure as South East England. However, the consultation in my local area on the Kent/Surrey border is not usually one where controversy strikes! On one side of the border, Kent Sevenoaks Council are about to start their 2015-2035
Flawed data hits Local Plan consultation Read More »
Yet another consultation that isn’t good enough! Not everyone has heard of the Institute for Apprenticeships. In time, perhaps we will. That is because it will have important role to play in the Government’s high-profile ambition of 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020. You might therefore expect that the way in which this new public
Department for Education’s latest consultation fails the best practice test Read More »
There will be many tributes today to Professor Anthony King of Essex University who has died at the age of 82. He had an outstanding academic career serving as Professor of Government at Essex University for almost half a century, and for years was the recognisable face of election punditry on television. Yet despite a
Death of the man who exposed ‘Government blunders’ Read More »
Yes, a cliché, but an effective way of describing issues or problems everyone knows to be there – but are unwilling to discuss. A common criticism of public consultations is that they do not always ask the right questions. Of course, that depends upon whom you ask.  Consultees frequently wish to see questions about underlying
Unasked Questions? – Is there an ‘elephant’ in the room? Read More »
Rhion Jones comments: We asked Barry Creasy, a Senior tCI Associate, to comment on last month’s High Court Judgment in the case of Derbyshire v Sheffield Combined Authority. This is because it largely turns on the wording of the consultation question. Barry trains our members and others in Consultation surveys and questionnaires and his views will,
Derbyshire wins the legal challenge to Sheffield’s Consultation Question Read More »
There’s a phrase that seems to have come with the publication of every recent NHS service change proposal. We hear it from senior doctors and nurses in local television interviews. NHS commissioners utter it on the radio and at public governance meetings. And we see it in the statements issued to the local press. “Doing
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