Consultation News

Heathrow’s third runway faces its first legal challenge only days after the government gave it the green light. A residents’ group in Teddington, southwest London, has accused the chairman of the airports commission, Sir Howard Davies, of ‘bias’ over his decision to recommend the third runway to government. In a letter to the Department of Transport the

Rochdale Borough Council has extended its consultation on a proposed remodelling of supported living for people with learning disabilities following a threat of legal action. The consultation period, which was due to end on 31 October, will now continue until 28 November. The Council will also produce an easy read version of the consultation process

Councillors at Stoke-on-Trent City Council have joined campaigners to fight proposed closures of community hospital beds throughout the city. The closures, announced by the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), are likely at centres in Bradwell, Longton Cottage, Heywood and Cheadle. But councillors fear it will plunge patients and staff into disarray. Campaign groups have been set up

Dorset’s super council consultation is “biased”, say two former Borough of Poole policy directors. Alan Hughes, 80, and John White, 72, both worked for the council in the 1990s as it was being transformed into its current unitary structure. They believe a consultation carried out at that time allowed Poole residents to make an informed