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Articles on Consultation & Engagement.

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Constructive Consultation – How can we make the act of dialogue a more positive process with constructive outcomes?

Counting signatures – Was the Roman Catholic Archbishop right to call the Equal Marriage consultation a sham?

Mid-Staffs Report spells engagement challenges for NHS and Councils

When stakeholders seem too close… – It is not only Regulators that can be criticised for being too close to some of their consultees

The House of Lords Scrutiny Committee’s Report on the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles

Unannounced consultations! – No-one now waits for the consultation to start

Consultation and the “Schofield Syndrome” – Why broadcaster’s experience of social media holds important messages for public engagement

Not quite force majeure – When events appear to compromise a consultation

Neighbourhood Planning – Crunch Time?

A helpful hesitation – What lessons do we draw from delays to consultation?

The devil in the detail – The case for consultation is strongest when there is much detail still to consider

Goodbye tick-box; hello your honour! – Will the new Cabinet Office Consultation Principles’ attempt to end the tick-box habit result in a bigger role for the Courts?

We’ve finished listening! – Does social media mark the increasing irrelevance of consultation timescales?

Whitehall’s new Consultation principles – First reactions to the slimline replacement for the HM Government Code of Practice (2008)

The thin end of the wedge – Public consultations in an age of uncertainty

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