We’ve written a couple of times recently about the apparent return of hydraulic shale gas fracturing, or fracking. It first came up again in a big way in the Energy Strategy published in April, where we noted that the Government might have a fight on its hands amongst backbenchers to get any projects approved. After […]
We are fortunate in the UK to live in a very beautiful country, and some of the most beautiful parts of it can be found languishing off the coasts of Scotland in the Hebrides, Shetland and the Orkney Isles. These rugged monoliths, defying time and tides, have some of the most mind-blowingly gorgeous scenery you
Isles community consultations ask for creative responses to local problems Read More »
We’ll all have heard it. The cry goes up from a disgruntled stakeholder who found a decision not to their liking. “How can you decide that way?! Only 3% of the local population responded to your consultation! That’s hardly anything to base your decision on…” It’s usually from someone who didn’t help boost that number
A plea for contributions- how can we help boost public understanding of consultations? Read More »
After a week of hard work in advance of our tCI Connect conference next week (my presentation is now ready and I hope to see as many of you there as possible! Tickets are still available…) I sat down to work out what on Earth to write about this week. The truth is, whilst the
Ex ‘post’ facto consultation- are the Post Office taking a big risk in Petersfield? Read More »
On Thursday this week, Fraser and I sat down on one of our webinars to discuss ‘uncertainty’. The last few years have been rife with uncertainty. First we had Brexit, and the training years of uncertainty after that, which to a degree still continues to this day. Then we had the pandemic, one of the
Those of you who have been around for a while may recall back at the start of 2020 (remember the halcyon pre-pandemic days?) we reported on the case of McHattie v South Ayrshire Council in which, amidst the requisite confusion about who exactly had made the decision under the provisions of the Public Bodies (Joint
McHattie Mark 2- what’s happening in Scottish social care commissioning? Read More »
The Scottish Parliament has recently been presented with a draft proposal for a new Assisted Dying Bill, to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults. A members’ bill, presented by the MSP Liam McArthur, the Bill has naturally drawn some attention and controversy from around the social spectrum. It’s not the only such bill we
Is it ever OK to remove 3,352 responses from a consultation before reporting? Read More »
With the new Chancellor expected to deliver a mini-budget after the national mourning period for HM the Queen is up, attention has started turning to what might be included. Amongst the expected energy support packages and other help with the cost-of-living crisis may come help for one rarefied group not usually considered to be amongst
The ongoing energy crisis has sent bills skyrocketing, and in one of her first acts as Prime Minister, Liz Truss has today announced her support package in the House of Commons designed to freeze the household energy cap in place for the next two years. The plan is big, and not likely to be uncontroversial.
Fracking’s back! But will any actually happen or will consultation put a stop to it? Read More »
At times of economic crisis such as, for example, the one in which we live, one of the favourite things for journalists to do is to dredge up from the mists of the Office for National Statistics how much the prices of common household goods will increase. You’ll have seen it time and time again
A disastrous case (for the claimants) which goes back to the basics of consultation law Read More »
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