Consultation News

The public are being asked for their views on plans to introduce two new bus-only lanes in Oxford city centre. The plans have attracted criticism from the Oxford High Street Association and ROX (Backing Oxford Business) who say they would damage trade. The first of the two ‘temporary’ new ‘bus gates’ is planned for either […]

Climate campaigners have launched a formal legal challenge against the government’s green recovery plans, claiming they are inadequate and “clearly unlawful” in light of the UK’s obligations to reduce emissions. Plan B, the pressure group that successfully challenged the UK government over its plans to expand Heathrow, sent a “pre-action” letter to the prime minister

TCI Commentary: Consultation on regional devolution has always been an important facet of the devolution process, and concern over the integrity of the process can be very justifiable. The issue of consultation in devolution has been raised in the courts, most prominently in R (Derbyshire County Council) v Sheffield Combined Authority (2016), where Derbyshire County

North Devon councillors have expressed their fury about not being consulted over plans to pedestrianise parts of Barnstaple town centre. Devon County Council had initially put forward three proposals for temporary traffic restrictions in the town as part of social distancing measures, although two of them have since been dropped. But the North Devon Highways