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The Week in Parliament
What a week! We’ve seen an astonishing byelection result (which we’ve written about here), some potentially very serious leadership failures in the DUP in Northern Ireland, and today England faces…
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The Chesham and Amersham byelection- NIMBY-ism is back and consultors should be alert
It seems remarkably rare for us to get a genuine surprise in politics these days but yesterday’s byelection to deliver a new parliamentary representative for the people of Amersham and…
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Local facilities, local plans and the importance of consultation- Danning v Sedgemoor District Council
All local planning authorities in England are required by law to have a local plan to set local planning policies in their area. These documents are applied when deciding on…
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The importance of being heard
It is five years since the 2016 Referendum Five years should be long enough to learn some of the lessons of what happened on 23 June, 2016 – even if…
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Stronger together? Labour’s lessons from the Pandemic
After recent unfortunate (if not entirely unexpected) performances in recent elections, the Labour leader Keir Starmer not only conducted a reshuffle of his Shadow Cabinet, but also commissioned a policy…
Read moreRow over ‘unpopular’ development plan in Herefordshire village
Villagers have voiced their opposition to a neighbourhood plan they say does not accurately reflect their views. A number of Colwall residents have sent an open letter to the parish…
Read moreScottish Fire and Rescue consultation to ‘evolve’
Fire chiefs are urging people to have their say on the way services should be delivered in the years to come. A public consultation has been launched by the Scottish…
Read moreDisability charities demand rethink on Edinburgh’s Spaces for People scheme
Two of Scotland’s leading charities today joined disabled campaigners in the Capital in a plea to the city council to review its controversial Spaces for People roads programme Spaces for…
Read moreResidents react to controversial plans to reopen road to cars
Responses from residents to the re-opening of Castle Street have ranged from ‘saddened’ to supportive Councillors, residents and environmental groups have voiced their opinions following the announcement that Castle Street…
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