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Posted 14 years ago26 minute read

The Budget 2012: Consultation Announcements

      Introduction Budget Statements are increasingly used to bring together policy announcements that involve public or stakeholder consultation....

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Posted 14 years ago5 minute read

The weight of numbers – To what extent should we be influenced by the number of responses received and the balance of opinion…?

Last week’s high profile consultation was on gay marriage – or, technically, on equal civil marriage. It sparked a furious...

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Posted 14 years ago4 minute read

Talking to our friends – It’s easy to criticise, but are there times when this is justified?

The weekend press has just enjoyed itself pointing out that the Prime Minister’s widely-advertised NHS Reform Summit on Monday managed...

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Posted 14 years ago4 minute read

What happened to our submissions? – There has been surprisingly little scrutiny of what happens to consultation data

Predicting the future is a hazardous occupation. Back in 2005, the Institute ran a series of Seminars on the impact...

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Posted 14 years ago5 minute read

Change Agent – Is consultation a help or a hindrance to service change?

Right now there are hundreds of hard-pressed Managers in the public sector who are sweating over expenditure cuts that oblige...

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Posted 14 years ago5 minute read

Inside information – When some consultees know more than others

One of the undoubted challenges facing those who organise consultations is that the target audience is very seldom homogeneous. The...

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