Consultation News

The appointment of a staff member dedicated to promoting the Irish language for Belfast City Council came a step closer last night. At a full council meeting, councillors gave the go-ahead for a public consultation on a draft Policy on Linguistic Diversity – which will include plans for a staff member dedicated to promoting Irish. […]

The Scottish Law Commission has launched a public consultation on the law reform work that it should carry out in the future. The commission is seeking views on which areas of Scots law are most in need of reform. Reform may be needed because the law is causing difficulties in practice, for example where the law

Seven U.K. organisations backing efforts to bring caste discrimination within equality law have written to the government criticising the decision to hold a consultation on the issue, as well as “serious shortfalls” in the structure of the consultation, which they warn is “biased” against bringing in legislation. The organisations, which include the Anti-Caste Discrimination Alliance,

NHS England has set out four conditions on vanguard funding including the requirement to dedicate 10 per cent of this year’s money to STPs, HSJ has learnt. Vanguard sites have also been told “fully embed” their new care models by December. In letters, sent on 20 February and published in recent board papers, the All Together Better

The consultation, which runs until 31 May, calls on the public to respond to the London Assembly’s Culture and Night Time Economy Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) document. The results will be used to help inform existing and future policies, including the SPG. Take part. The night-time economy brings £26.3bn to London’s economy every year and employs one

Up to 900 protesters took part in a march against proposals to close a town’s A&E department. The A&E at Telford’s Princess Royal may close in favour of a single department for the county based at Shrewsbury. Telford and Wrekin Council leader Shaun Davies said hundreds of residents showed their “solidarity and support” for keeping

Changes to the library service across the Valley could be investigated by a government inquiry. Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has announced she is ‘minded’ to order an inquiry into cuts to provision by Lancashire County Council (LCC) to determine whether they will offer a ‘comprehensive and efficient’ library

What and when is purdah? ‘Purdah’ is the period shortly before an election or referendum when specific restrictions on the activity of public bodies, civil servants and local government officials are put in place. Local elections For local elections, purdah (or the ‘pre-election period’) came into force on Thursday 13 April, in the run up

Campaigners hoping to force a judicial review into the decision to cut hospital beds in Honiton have been told they have a ‘medium to strong’ case. Following the NHS ‘Your Future Care’ consultation, a decision was taken to close the inpatient beds at Honiton hospital. As a result, the Save Our Honiton Hospital Services steering