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Post-decision consultation is essential – but Barnet’s exercise is sub-standard

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Across our desk this week came a widely-reported story about how the London Borough of Barnet’s outsourcing contract with Capita is succeeding to make savings and improve customer service. The Institute has no view of the wisdom of outsourcing local government services or the performance of this particular contractor for this particular Council. However, those […]

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The Institute comments on House of Commons’ new briefing paper on Devolution

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Remmert Keijzer writes, “In yesterday’s Autumn Statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond reiterated that devolution is still “very much at the heart of this Government.” With a new post-Brexit Government, many local authorities in England wondered just how committed the Government actually was to delivering on its promise to devolve powers to English local authorities, as since

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The right to an explanation – Legal cases in Planning hold lessons for public consultations

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A recent Case in the Scottish Court of Sessions examined something of an old chestnut – the extent of the common law duty to give reasons for administrative decisions. The case in Scotland concerned Ministers approval for the controversial Mossend Railfreight terminal east of Glasgow. North Lanarkshire Council refused planning permission but the developers appealed

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Parliamentary Report on NHS contract failure silent on public/patient involvement

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This is a shocking tale and is already the subject of a small consultancy industry. Here is the Commons Public Account Committee (a big beast of SelectCommitteeland) having its say on the Comptroller & Auditor General’s earlier Report last July. It is about an £800 million contract awarded by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CCG for

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Consultation flaws in a School amalgamation case – important lessons for phased projects

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Earlier this summer Denbighshire County Council faced a legal challenge on its plan to merge two schools in the Ruthin area in North Wales. One of the interesting features of the case – which was partly argued in the Welsh language – was that it emerged that the Welsh translation of the consultation paper differed in

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What next for NHS Sustainability & Transformation Plans?

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Sustainable & Transformation Plans (STPs) have now been prepared for 44 separate ’footprints’ in England. On 21 October they were presented to NHS England and the other agencies and this Note addresses the choice that STP Leads face in planning the forthcoming engagement and consultation tasks. Three factors impinge upon the approach that the NHS

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How the rationale for Quality Assurance is changing

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Being sure that public consultation is genuine When the Institute began providing a Quality Assurance (QA) for public consultations, five years ago, it was, in part because local government officers and others were keen for their efforts to be better recognised. Attending training courses was one thing, but would anyone give them credit for having

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