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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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‘Broken Links’ in the communication chain

Councils in crisis – consult more, not less

Promotional consultation? Putting a neglected subject on the public agenda

How ‘hard-to-reach’ became ‘seldom-heard’

The value of Stakeholder Mapping

The road to consultation – Is your preparation work up to scratch?

The NPPF and consultation or revised Planning policy and consultation

Three consultations ruled unlawful in ten days!.. and another where there should have been one…

High Court orders the NHS in Corby to consult; how Corby CCG got it SO wrong!

Consulting the worried or the wider public…

Get your Stakeholder Mapping right

The case for Public Consultation Hearings

Further reflections on the Kohler v MOPAC case

The need to understand legitimate expectation

tCI’s response to the Interim Report of the Raynsford Review on greater community involvement in planning

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