Consultation News

Campaign group Fighting 4 Grantham Hospital (F4GH) has launched its own consultation on the future of Grantham Hospital’s A&E department. Campaigners will be in St Wulfram’s Church on Thursday, and members of the public are urged to go along to have their say. It comes as concerns that the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) […]

Patients fighting plans to axe beds at a Glasgow hospital have one week left to persuade health bosses that the service should remain. A public engagement exercise on proposals to shut the inpatient unit at the Centre for Integrative Care (CIC) will close one week today. The health board wants to close the seven bed

Fife commuters may have to take a train to complain about unfair pricing, delays and cancellations on Scotland’s rail network, it has been revealed. The Scottish Government wants to meet the public to hear their views as it develops its key rail priorities and investment for the coming years. But despite the fact Fife is

The government has insisted safeguards are in place to deal with bogus replies to its grammar school consultation after a campaigner successfully submitted a response from “Ebenezer Scrooge”. In a blog published by the Local Schools Network, schools campaigner Janet Downs said she used fake names to complete the government’s survey on new grammars. Schools

A town burdened by new housing developments in recent years is revisiting the idea of creating a neighbourhood plan. Councillors in Watton first explored the possibility of putting together a plan, which would allow the town to influence where new developments are built in its boundaries, last year after a lively public meeting on the

A consultation into banning letting agent fees is to be launched in the New Year. The ban will also require primary legislation through a new Act of Parliament. However, questions are now emerging as to the alleged lack of any prior consultation whatsoever with the industry. It appears that none of the industry bodies had

Campaigners are rallying with renewed determination to protect Suffolk from the unwanted consequences they fear a new nuclear power plant will bring. EDF Energy’s long-awaited stage-two consultation for Sizewell C was met yesterday with dismay from communities neighbouring the proposed multibillion pound development site. Campaign groups criticised the latest 300-page consultation as merely a “box-ticking

Locals have raised concerns over discrepancies in the Council’s proposals. Amersham’s residents have claimed Chiltern District Council (CDC) could be ‘seriously misleading them’ over plans to redevelop the Chiltern Pools. Patrick Carroll, of Chiltern Avenue, said the literature from CDC gives the impression that the new pools will be replacing the old ones in the

Devolution proposals for East Anglia, including powers to create a non-statutory spatial framework for Norfolk and Suffolk, look set to be taken off the table by the government after a district council resolved to reject the deal. Norfolk County Council said in a statement that a meeting due to take place yesterday to consider the

Over the past six years, Wigan Council has slashed £100 million from its budget but, with another £60 million to save over the next four years, it has had to radically rethink the way it delivers services. With the Government grant set to disappear in 2020, making the council completely reliant on business rates and