TCI Commentary: The media loves a Referendum. Nothing like a good row and a marvellous source of endless copy! So we should not be surprised at this news story. If…

TCI Commentary: Until this week, it’s likely that few people will have spent time pondering about the interpretation of ‘legal advice’. Yet consultation practitioners often hear a range of professional…

In conversation with Andy Walker, National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt says that the infrastructure sector needs to engage more effectively with the public to get its message across.…

Wildlife campaigners have formally launched a High Court challenge to government plans for a new Oxford to Cambridge expressway. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced its preferred corridor for the…

A rethink has been ordered for plans to cut fire crew sizes and replace fire engines with 4×4 vehicles. Liberal Democrat councillors have asked that the draft Integrated Risk Management…

Parents have begun a legal challenge against a cash-strapped council over cuts to services for children with special needs and disabilities (Send). Conservative-run Somerset County Council announced £28m of major…

THE CAMPAIGN to prevent Wirral health chiefs closing down five minor injury walk-in centres is gathering pace. A petition against plans to shut the facilities has now been signed by…

As community engagement professionals many of us will have experienced the panic and dread of having to put together a last-minute consultation. Whether it’s being stopped at 4.45pm on a…

TCI Commentary: The idea behind Sustainability & Transformation Partnerships (apart from trying our patience on jargon and acronyms!) was to force the NHS and local government to work together to…

Healthwatch England is to be given “significant investment” from NHS England and NHS Improvement. The new money will be used to consult with staff, patients and public about how the…