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i The National Consultation Digest, every fortnight ii Communities of Interest: sustained work on a single topic iii Coffee Mornings: informal peer sessions every month iv Training that turns the reading into practice

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Dual mandates, voter ID, and an independent elections authority- tinkering with democracy without consultation

A second bite of the worm- Scottish fisheries case back in court for rare appeal

“The quintessential consultation case”- Police follow firefighters and judges in challenging government pension plans

Forecasting public consultations in 2022

COBRA at Christmas

Why are you referred to as Black. Asian. Minority. Ethnic?

“An equality impact assessment by any other name would smell as sweet”- the provisional local government settlement and a question of adequacy

Press Release: The Consultation Institute announces partnership with the National Democratic Institute to support the growth of a healthy ‘consultation culture’ in Ukraine

NHS Reconfigurations – the ‘Power-grab’ clause

Targeted, but not exclusionary: More new forms of ‘peripheral’ consultation

5 ways to improve collective understanding of best practice Consultation across an organisation

Another LTN court case- but wait! This time it’s the other way round…

Early lockdown disability support service closure criticised by Ombudsman after consultation failings

Guest Article: Supporting Community Engagement need not cost the Earth.

Guest Article: The Assembling of Humans and More Than Humans?

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