Later this week, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th US President after a very divisive and heated campaign. Earlier this week, Theresa May delivered her long-awaited Brexit speech which has divided Britain through and through; leaving scars that might take years to heal. 2016 has been an intense year for a lot of […]
The defeat of public engagement in 2016 – what’s next? Read More »
tCI’s Remmert Keijzer comments on Ipsos MORI’s annual Veracity Index. “2016 has been full of surprises with Donald Trump winning the US Presidential Election and the UK’s decision to leave the EU. In its annual report, Ipsos MORI tries to find out how much the public trust a spread of professions and job functions. Just a
Enough of Experts? Ipsos MORI Veracity Index 2016 Read More »
tCI’s Remmert Keijzer on the influence it will have on running a consultation 2016 is almost coming to an end and we can all agree that it has been a somewhat turbulent year. The first half of 2016 was largely dominated by the Brexit referendum and the latter half by the US Presidential Election. Most
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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
The Institute comments on House of Commons’ new briefing paper on Devolution Read More »
Two weeks ago I delivered a presentation at our Local Government Special Interest Group in London about the latest developments in the world of public consultation. I spoke about the events that had dominated the British political scene for years now, such as Brexit, fracking, airport expansion, and to a lesser extent, devolution. I talked
The power of the loudest – disrupting a consultation Read More »
Last week Remarkable Engagement and tCI organised a Breakfast Briefing on Social Media and the Planning Consultation Process. Remarkable Engagement ran a survey and contacted 1,401 councillors across Great Britain and asked them, “to what extent is social media being accepted at the political end of the consultation?”. Here are some of their results: 75%
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Imagine being in charge of analysing the data from a major public library consultation. Option 1 received 310 likes, 178 frowny faces, 96 wows. Option 2 received 459 likes, 312 frowny faces, 89 wows etc. You might think this sounds silly but we’re actually not that far away from the reality of it. Digital by
Social Listening in Public Consultations – How useful is it? Read More »
Not a week goes by without someone asking us if we know of some good examples of a consultation toolkit. Now it is true that there are a lot of good toolkits available but it would be wise to not go toolkit-by-default too soon. Wanting to adopt a common standard consultation practice is admirable and
Toolkits – how useful are they? Read More »
Parents of a pupil in Wales launched a legal challenge against their council who wanted to scrap all free bus services for secondary school aged children residing more than two miles from their catchment area’s school. The boy’s parents argued that the Council’s decision was unlawful as it had failed to consult with the affected
How to consult children & young people Read More »
Here in the UK we’re often baffled by the low response rate of our public consultations when even the most controversial ones only attract a minor response rate. Is this because our potential consultees are just not interested in relocating a maternity ward, the closure of their local library or building a waste plant? Or
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