The Week in Parliament
Westminster is back in action, and this week it is the Welsh who have declined to give me anything interesting to talk about. So we’ll avoid crossing the Severn for […]
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Time to tackle terror- an extensive consultation on a complicated issue- but is it too long?
Most of the time when a consultation draws our attention because of its length, it’s usually because it looks far too short. We’re talking here about the ones about an
Changes by stealth- how much do you love your High Street?
One of the big concerns held by campaigners and concerned citizens recently has been that changes introduced ‘temporarily’ during the pandemic might be carried over after the return to normality
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A “floored” consultation- how effective is a displaced notice in a pathway consultation?
Like many of us in lockdown, I have been taking daily walks around my locality, something which has become significantly less chilly (albeit not much less damp) over the last
The Week in Parliament
Westminster is in recess this week, so we have a slight pause from London-based politics. Equally, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Welsh Senedd have not been that heavy on
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Due and better process- the post-covid return to normality
This morning’s Guardian carried an interesting comment piece from Sir Jonathan Jones QC, the former Treasury Solicitor who resigned after disagreeing with the Attorney-General about the Government’s plan to give
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The Week in Parliament
The big news out of Westminster this week is the Government’s NHS reform paper- we have a comprehensive overview of that here. But that’s not the only thing to be
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More goals, more integration, less scrutiny? The NHS Reform Paper
This week, the Government published a White Paper detailing one of the most extensive shake-ups of the National Health Service since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 under the
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The Week in Parliament
Online political debate in the UK this week has not so much revolved around parliamentary affairs, but rather about the goings on of a small Parish Council in Cheshire, the
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New HS2 consultation- are the Government unfairly limiting responses?
We saw an interesting complaint raised in the Commons this week about the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill, which we have seen (and commented on) before. The amendment that
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