Simon Angelides

The challenge: 500 identical campaign emails arrive overnight. Most teams either delete them (triggering a Gunning Principle 4 breach) or count each as independent evidence (distorting the analysis). Both approaches create grounds for judicial review. The cost: Wasted consultation effort. Loss of public trust. Legal challenge that exposes your process as arbitrary. What works: Count every submission. Aggregate […]

The Challenge: Making Change That Sticks You need to transform services. The financial pressures are real, the quality imperatives are clear, and doing nothing isn’t an option. But here’s the problem: a technically sound Case for Change can still fail spectacularly if it hasn’t earned legitimacy with the people it affects. NHS England’s 2025 reforms,

Challenges Consultation analysis gets challenged when you can’t prove you listened fairly. The common failure mode: hundreds of comments reduced to a sentiment percentage (“72% support”) with no clarity on why people objected, what would mitigate the impacts, or how protected groups are affected. Decision-makers can’t act on that. Legal teams flag predetermination risk. And

The Public Sector Equality Duty isn’t optional process theatre. It’s the first place campaign groups and lawyers look when challenging decisions that disadvantage protected groups. In the last 18 months, three cases have fundamentally reshaped what defensible compliance looks like and widened the gap between organisations that treat PSED as a checklist versus those who

With the UK aiming to have half of short urban journeys walked, wheeled, or cycled by 2030, local authorities must implement strategies that change mobility habits. Success depends on more than infrastructure; it requires genuine support from businesses, residents, community groups, and underrepresented voices. Understanding Stakeholders Start by identifying who is affected and their concerns.

Public bodies are currently navigating the most challenging consultation environment they have faced in the past decade. Over the coming four years, how patient and public involvement is handled will be assessed based on increasing legal, ethical, and practical standards. The positive side is that it is feasible to be both more confident and more