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tCI Commentary: When all else fails? The story of Caerphilly Council’s attempt to close a cherished leisure centre will resonate in many communities. The to-ings and fro-ings of elected members and the intervention of Parliamentarians is so typical of situations we sought to describe in The Politics of Consultation. Facilities like this clearly matter to […]
Will the Court save a south Wales leisure centre? Read More »
Proposals to redraw electoral boundaries in Northern Ireland failed to consider all of its consultation responses, a court has ruled. A High Court judge identified a legal flaw in the Boundary Commission’s final recommendations. The new proposals, published last year, was considered to be the biggest constituency shake up since the 1990s. The plans would
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Stockport Council has been told to consult town centre residents over their right to free parking permits after the ombudsman found it had been unfairly refusing them. The investigation was launched when a man complained he had bought a flat on a road identified on the council’s own website as qualifying for a permit. But
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tCI Commentary: Ben Page is always worth taking seriously, and in his LGC article below, he argues that despite BREXIT’s emphasis on ‘taking back control’, there is still little appetite for giving more real power to local government. His article is headlined ‘ …localism does not excite people …’ which would have disappointed a certain
How Localism fails to excite … or maybe it does in different ways? Read More »
The decision to implement three hyper-acute stroke units across the region, closing current acute services at hospitals including Margate’s QEQM, will not be referred back to the government by Kent County Councillors. The nearest unit to Thanet will be at Ashford’s William Harvey Hospital. Units at Darent Valley and Maidstone are due to go live
North Yorkshire County Council says it is delighted that it’s already hit 70% of its target for replies to its current public consultation over traffic congestion in Harrogate and Knaresborough. With nearly seven weeks still to go in the 12-week public engagement , approximately 7,000 responses have been received so far. Barrie Mason, North Yorkshire
Council receive around 7,000 responses to consultation with nearly 7 weeks to go Read More »
Police are breaking human rights law with the use of controversial facial recognition software, a landmark court case has heard. Ed Bridges is bringing the first legal challenge on the technology, which has been trialled by forces in different parts of the UK. He believes he was scanned by cameras used by South Wales Police
A TORY MP has hit out at political colleagues at County Hall over plans to close libraries in her constituency. Witham’s Priti Patel pledged her support for a number of facilities which face an uncertain future during a meeting with the school council at St Mary’s Primary in Kelvedon. The library in the village could
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We are currently working with a number of CCG’s going through the merger process. Are you currently going through a merger and want to check who you should be consulting with? Get in touch. Article: Health chiefs have approved plans to create a new organisation that will be responsible for buying local NHS healthcare
Nearly 11,000 people have now signed a petition calling on Surrey County Council to scrap plans to change night cover at fire stations. This comes as the closing date for residents to comment on the proposed changes draws near.The online petition, started by Paul Couchman from Save our Services in Surrey, had 10,893 signatures this
Almost 11,000 sign petition to scrap proposed fire cuts Read More »
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