In 2015, the Government reformed public sector pensions, moving most public sector workers into new schemes. A court case (Lord Chancellor v McCloud and Others [2018] EWCA Civ 2844) was brought by various public sector workers, primarily a group of judges and a group of firefighters alleging discrimination based on the ‘transitional protections’ offered to […]
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Last Saturday, the Institute attended a workshop in Brighton with a visiting expert on framing and narratives in politics from the US, Antonia Scatton. Antonia has worked with and advised a wide variety of political party committees and advocacy groups from the Centre for American Progress to the state Democratic Parties in Arizona, Minnesota, Virginia,
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Picture this for a moment. Tomorrow morning, you turn on the television and you see the Prime Minister standing at the podium in front of the famous Downing Street door. Naturally, being a politically curious individual you turn the volume up to listen to what he has to say. He begins to speak. “From tomorrow,”
Opening the Overton window: consultation and the range of public opinion Read More »
Having a bill introduced to Parliament that deals solely with consultation is a relatively rare occasion (so much so that we have been able to find only one example of it, and even then it was in a broader sense of the term than we usually use it), so we were delighted when one came
Driving the agenda- using consultation to set the conversation Read More »
On 5th February 2020, the UK Government launched its new consultation on the decriminalisation of television licence fee evasion. Long telegraphed by the Government, the consultation examines the case for the non-payment of the licence fee to cease to be a criminal matter and considers potential options to replace it. For those who are unaware, the licence
The BBC licence fee decriminalisation consultation – just fine, or opening the gates? Read More »
With the end of the week being overshadowed by what is turning out to be a major cabinet reshuffle, let’s turn the clock back a little and look at what has been going on in Parliament over the last week. In legislative terms, we have only had one new bill presented with any particular relevance
The Week in Parliament Read More »
When we compiled our data a couple of weeks ago on how many central government consultations there had been in 2019, we noted that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ dominance at the top of our league table was bolstered considerably by their supervision of two organisations, Natural England and the Marine
MPs flex mussels (!) to criticise Marine Management Organisation consultations Read More »
We were interested to see released this week the Irish government’s consultation on the National Minimum Wage rate for 2021. The consultation, released on 10th February by the Low Pay Commission, an independent body set up to advise the Irish Government on the National minimum wage is fairly straightforward. So straightforward in fact that they
Is there a need for new minimum consultation standards in the Republic of Ireland? Read More »
When South Tees NHS Foundation Trust made the decision to suspend A&E services at the Friarage Hospital in North Allerton last March to be replace with an Urgent Treatment Centre, it was quickly met with public outcry. In short order, a ‘Save Friarage Hospital’ group was established, and solicitors instructed to apply for judicial review
The Friarage – Is it more than just a bad consultation? Read More »
On Wednesday this week the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the newly ennobled Baroness (Nicky) Morgan of Cotes announced a new Government consultation on proposals to decriminalise licence fee evasion, to be replaced with a yet-to-be-determined civil enforcement mechanism. For any who are unfamiliar with present arrangements, each year every household
The Week in Parliament Read More »
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