Consultation News

Libraries users are being asked if they want to see some services moved after council plans to close two sites caused a public backlash. Waltham Forest council has extended its consultation on proposals to reshape the borough’s library services until January 31 next year. The local authority is planning to close Higham Hill and Wood […]

A parish council says it has concerns about how well proposals for a new local plan for the district have been communicated with the public. A six-week public consultation on Hambleton’s preferred options for its new local plan is currently ongoing and is due to close on Monday, December 12. The document has been put

PSNC is seeking a Judicial Review of the Secretary of State’s October decision to implement cuts to community pharmacy funding and other changes. PSNC has sought permission from the High Court to apply for the Judicial Review on the grounds that it believes the Secretary of State failed to carry out a lawful consultation on

How can the experience of online consultations, as run by central government, be improved? This was the broad question that Demsoc and Snook were tasked with exploring as part of a six-week discovery phase project for the Government Digital Service. GDS were clear that they wanted the focus to be on platforms – although you

Plans to give Catholics priority at one of Scotland’s top Catholic schools have been branded “discriminatory” and “divisive” by Muslim parents. St Ninian’s High in Giffnock is one of the country’s best state schools and has been oversubscribed for many years. East Renfrewshire Council announced plans to give baptised Catholics priority over people of other

CILIP, the library and information association, has issued a statement outlining serious concerns about Swindon Council’s library proposals and the way in which they have been reached. The proposals include closing ten out of fifteen libraries unless community groups come forward to run them. In a statement Nick Poole CILIP Chief Executive said: CILIP operates under

Caithness General Hospital’s maternity unit is to be downgraded following a unanimous decision by members of NHS Highland’s board to axe its 24-hour obstetrician cover. Protestors have been left deeply disappointed by the decision but have vowed to keep up the fight. The new system will come into force immediately. A review following the death

LiveWire is ‘badly run’ and ‘out of control’ according to Warrington North Labour MP Helen Jones. Ms Jones is calling for the community interest company, which is responsible for running Warrington’s libraries and leisure services, to be stripped of its control of the town’s libraries. The company has been criticised for its handling of a