Consultation News

A consultation by West Sussex Council to the public has resulted in a number of changes to the service including a change in opening and closing and the implementation of charges. But an investigation by Crawley News 24 has discovered some serious concerns including the inclusion of leading questions within the survey and the complete

One of the most senior members of Lambeth council, Paul McGlone, deputy leader (investment and partnerships), has warned its planning committee of his “real concerns” about plans for a six-storey budget hotel in central Brixton. And he has told planners that, even though he is a councillor for the ward where the hotel is planned,

Eddie Duller OBE, a director at Healthwatch Oxfordshire, the county’s watchdog on health and social services matters, asks why the authorities are not more open about the big changes ahead. IT may sound bizarre but the Information Commissioner’s Office, which is the UK’s independent authority set up to promote openness by public bodies, appears to

A Devon MP has urged his local health authority to be “honest” about the future of one the area’s hospitals and stop wasting time with “bogus consultation”. Torridge and West Devon MP Geoffrey Cox made the comments after meeting with the Northern, Eastern & Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to discuss the future of

Concerns have been raised over 24 social housing units ‘foisted upon’ the residents of Gallow Hill housing estate in Athy. The issue was raised at this month’s area meeting held earlier today in Athy. A number of Gallow Hill residents attended the meeting. Cllr and Chair Ivan Keatley tabled a motion that the council give a full account of