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Anyone reading Robert Francis’ massive Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospital Scandal(1) will surely be appalled at the widespread failures which meant that hundreds of patients suffered whilst Regulators and bureaucrats vacillated. […]

Neighbourhood planning seems to be one of the most challenging pieces of planning legislation in a long time; some seem to think it holds endless possibilities; sceptics think it is

In recent months, English local authorities have been conducting public consultations on the design of local Council Tax benefit support schemes, replacing the previous nationwide arrangements. It has been a

In July 2011 the Coalition Government published its long-awaited Open Public Services White Paper which sets out their agenda to give better access to public services for more people. The

At first glance, there does not appear to be any direct comparison between major public policy consultations and the fiasco that led to the Department of Transport having to abandon

At first glance this is another case about the traumas of local authorities seeking expenditure reductions in difficult functions such as adult social care. Similar to the important Birmingham City

Few public consultations are likely to arouse as much interest as that published by the Government Equalities Office on 15th March, and which seeks to enable gay and transsexual people