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The shadowy room and the open forum- relationships between lobbying and consultation

The word of the week in Westminster must surely be ‘lobbying’. The revelations have been coming thick and fast, and the Government has to date announced (we think) seven separate inquiries related to lobbying and alleged breaches of the spirit, if not the letter of the law. In PMQs this week, the Prime Minister said […]

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One year on: Consultation under lockdown

Article / Stephen Hill

One year ago this week, (23rd March) the UK went into lockdown for the first time due to coronavirus. We still remember our last full team meeting in the office that afternoon, all coming together with some sense of slight incredulity and ripples of that nervous laughter that always comes when stepping into the unknown.

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

With legislatures all over the UK going into recess, some to anticipate their elections in May, and some just for a well-deserved Easter break, this will be the last WIP for at least a couple of weeks. Just because it’s the end of term, it does not mean they get away with watching films and

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

We’ve had a couple of Westminster-heavy weeks recently, so as there was little of immediate concern in the Commons or the Lords (except the lack of consultation on the proposed new protest-control powers, which we wrote about here and are investigating further), let’s take a tour of the devolved administrations this time. Northern Ireland The

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Vaccine passports – Is the ‘call for evidence’ good enough?

Article / Stephen Hill

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about a debate in Parliament over vaccine certification, in which we highlighted the lack of detail over the Government’s proposed review. Our speculation was that it may well turn out to be less of a consultation, and more an internal review of the evidence. We also raised the

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The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill- a missing consultation, and a slightly dubious one

Article / Stephen Hill

This week has seen the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Government’s flagship effort to tackle crime through harsher sentences, giving the police new powers and increasing restrictions on public protest. A key plank of the Government’s agenda, the Bill takes an aggressive approach to justice to “empower the police and

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

With budget season well underway there has been much debate across the UK as to spending plans. It’s all very important and very interesting, but it’s easy for us non-economists to get burnt out on trying to grapple with the numbers- so what else has been going on across the UK political sphere? Westminster There

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Budget 2021- What are the consultation prospects?

Article / Stephen Hill

It’s that time of year again, the Red Box has been opened, the major policy points leaked, and the internet is full of journalists and politicians sharing the anecdote about how Chancellors are permitted to drink whatever they want whilst making their budget speech to Parliament. Rishi Sunak’s second budget comes at an interesting time,

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

We’ll not be looking at the big parliamentary news of the week here, for that we’ve done a separate article here. The devolved administrations were relatively quiet too this week, so just a quick newsflash from Westminster today. Westminster Perhaps the most interesting debate outside the budget this week came to us from the House

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The Week in Parliament

Article / Stephen Hill

Westminster is back in action, and this week it is the Welsh who have declined to give me anything interesting to talk about. So we’ll avoid crossing the Severn for now and look at what else has been happening. Westminster A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the Government’s much criticised plans to remove

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The shadowy room and the open forum- relationships between lobbying and consultation

One year on: Consultation under lockdown

The Week in Parliament

The Week in Parliament

Vaccine passports – Is the ‘call for evidence’ good enough?

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill- a missing consultation, and a slightly dubious one

The Week in Parliament

Budget 2021- What are the consultation prospects?

The Week in Parliament

The Week in Parliament

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