Consultation News

Government aiming to cut items that can be bought over the counter including gluten-free food, paracetamol and sun cream. NHS England is working on new guidelines to discourage GPs from prescribing medicines that are available over the counter for a fraction of the cost. Labour has already attacked the proposals, saying they were a “direct result of […]

The British government on Tuesday published details of a long-awaited 16-week public consultation on whether caste should be introduced as an aspect of race in anti-discrimination legislation. The government said that while there was “no place” for any form of prejudice and discrimination based on a person’s origins, it wanted to be careful “not to

Codes of Practice for Investigatory Powers Act are ‘near impossible’ to scrutinise. After her web-savvy talk of ‘necessary hashtags’ and a ‘back door’ to WhatsApp messages, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has come under fire over a ‘rushed-through’ consultation on changes to government spying powers. Lawyers, civil liberty groups and trade unions slammed the lack of

Westminster City Council in London has launched a consultation on whether to construct more tall buildings to cope with a growing need for housing and office space. Building height: Getting the right kind of growth for Westminster is seeking the views of all those who live, work and visit the city. Daniel Astaire, cabinet member

A consultation on whether to move Channel 4 out of London is being launched, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has announced. The broadcaster will remain publicly owned but how it spends money and where it is based is being reviewed to make sure it is “serving the country”. Ms Bradley said the Government wants the “benefits of this national

As mayoral and council candidates turn out to canvass, strict rules kick in for civil servants and local government staff On Thursday 4 May 2017, more than 6.7 million people will be eligible to vote for one of the six new combined local authority mayors in England, and there will also be local government elections

More than 97 per cent of Andover residents feel they have not been “properly consulted” on plans for the new Andover Leisure Centre, according to recently released statistics. The figures, from a survey launched by Andover town councillors Richard Rowles, Christopher Ecclestone and Richard Kidd, show just 12 out of 567 respondents felt adequately consulted about

A Formby councillor has vowed to take NHS England every step of the way over what she fears are plans to close down the Gores Lane based surgery. Councillor Catie Page has now taken over leading a grassroots campaign to keep Freshfield Surgery open and says she is prepared to fight NHS England bosses to

A health boss has said GPs don’t understand a major plan proposing changes to health services, let alone the public. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP), published in December, suggests cutting more than 160 hospital beds across the county and increasing and improving services delivered in the community. At a meeting last Tuesday

Campaigners fighting new school funding plans in South Cheshire have hit out at MP Edward Timpson for failing to attend a public meeting. The protest against the proposed National Funding Formula, which could leave Crewe and Nantwich schools at the bottom of the UK funding table, is gathering momentum. Many fear the NFF could result