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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

Articles on Consultation & Engagement.

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No Statutory Duty to Consult? The Law May Disagree – The Consultation Institute

Why a Petition is not a Public Consultation – The Consultation Institute

Cumulative Impact: The Blind Spot in Consultation Law – The Consultation Institute

Net Zero Local Schemes: Who Pays, Who Benefits, Who’s Asked – The Consultation Institute

tCI Public (Virtual) Training 2026-27 – The Consultation Institute

What replaces consultation by default? – The Consultation Institute

New Survey Exposes the UK’s Consultation Gap – The Consultation Institute

Artificial Intelligence has reshaped public engagement and consultation – The Consultation Institute

How Reliable Is Your Consultation Survey Evidence? – The Consultation Institute

Closing, Merging or Expanding a School? Consultation Duties – The Consultation Institute

Development Consent Orders: What Applicants Must Now Judge – The Consultation Institute

Digital by Default Doesn’t Mean Digital Only – The Consultation Institute

The ‘minded to’ position: consulting without a closed mind – The Consultation Institute

Consultation fatigue: is your evidence base being distorted? – The Consultation Institute

Citizens’ Assemblies: Valuable Tool, Not Legal Substitute – The Consultation Institute

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