Consultation News

A Council says it is “appalled” by the way roads chiefs are treating its villagers over plans for a bypass. Winterbourne Stoke Parish Council says Highways England has failed to answer “the most basic” of questions about noise, pollution and other major concerns. The remarks come in response to the public consultation on plans for […]

A group campaigning against the closure of Wantage Community Hospital is asking for more detail after ‘flawed’ consultations. The Hospital League of Friends and the Save Wantage Hospital campaign group want answers relating to their community facility. In April 2016 the NHS Trust announced Wantage Community Hospital would be closing before the end of July,

In his first budget as chancellor, Philip Hammond announced funding for the “most advanced” STPs, upgrading A&E departments and social care. £2bn for social care Mr Hammond’s budget included a commitment to inject £2bn into adult social care spending over the next three years, with £1bn available in 2017-18. HSJ understands NHS organisations will have

This week the LGA launched the New Conversations guide. This is a tool for councils to help with engagement, which we at TCC wrote. The guide came out in the same week as John Elledge outlined in the New Statesman his “Tinkerbell Theory”. This, he explains, is a new political phenomenon whereby, in the face

A tunnel at Stonehenge would have an “irreversible impact” on the landmark, says a group which advises Unesco on World Heritage Sites. The International Council on Monuments and Sites UK (ICOMOS) said other routes outside of the World Heritage site should be considered. The council also queried why the option of using Ministry of Defence

Although 1.5 million leaflets on the airport consultation were distributed, a Surrey Heath campaign group says their villages were missed. A Surrey Heath campaign group is continuing its battle for representation amid growing outrage over aircraft noise caused by Heathrow Airport . Representing Lightwater , Windlesham and Bagshot , Aircraft Noise 3 Villages, is demanding

Seaton residents are angry after the shock decision to close the beds at the town’s hospital. Seaton Hospital League of Friends chairman Dr Mark Welland called the decision “tragic” and said the town had been singled out for a “particularly cruel act”. Town and district councillor Peter Burrows said people could “die prematurely”. The decision

Community councillors in Scone are demanding a public apology from the boss of a local construction firm after he claimed his staff were deliberately “excluded” from a survey to gauge views on a highly controversial housing plan. The watchdog group is battling to block proposals to build 700 homes to the north of the village. Last

The government will consult the charity sector on how it should spend £2bn of assets currently lying dormant in the investment and insurance sectors, minister Rob Wilson has said. A report published on Friday by the Independent Commission on Dormant Assets identified that there are significant sums in dormant financial assets in the UK. The

The Scottish Government has thrown a veil of secrecy around stalled efforts to salvage its Named Person scheme after judges declared their original plans illegal. Education Secretary John Swinney ordered a three month “intense engagement” period after the UK Supreme Court blocked the planned implementation of the scheme from August 31 last year. Officials also