The week in Parliament
Parliament is back after its February recess. Did you miss it? They have wasted no time in getting back down to business. We are now stampeding at full speed towards […]
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Government to consult over judicial and fire pensions ruling
In 2015, the Government reformed public sector pensions, moving most public sector workers into new schemes. A court case (Lord Chancellor v McCloud and Others [2018] EWCA Civ 2844) was
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Antonia Scatton: US framing expert shares thoughts
Last Saturday, the Institute attended a workshop in Brighton with a visiting expert on framing and narratives in politics from the US, Antonia Scatton. Antonia has worked with and advised
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Opening the Overton window: consultation and the range of public opinion
Picture this for a moment. Tomorrow morning, you turn on the television and you see the Prime Minister standing at the podium in front of the famous Downing Street door.
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Driving the agenda- using consultation to set the conversation
Having a bill introduced to Parliament that deals solely with consultation is a relatively rare occasion (so much so that we have been able to find only one example of
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The BBC licence fee decriminalisation consultation – just fine, or opening the gates?
On 5th February 2020, the UK Government launched its new consultation on the decriminalisation of television licence fee evasion. Long telegraphed by the Government, the consultation examines the case for the non-payment
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The Week in Parliament
With the end of the week being overshadowed by what is turning out to be a major cabinet reshuffle, let’s turn the clock back a little and look at what
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MPs flex mussels (!) to criticise Marine Management Organisation consultations
When we compiled our data a couple of weeks ago on how many central government consultations there had been in 2019, we noted that the Department for the Environment, Food
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Is there a need for new minimum consultation standards in the Republic of Ireland?
We were interested to see released this week the Irish government’s consultation on the National Minimum Wage rate for 2021. The consultation, released on 10th February by the Low Pay
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The Friarage – Is it more than just a bad consultation?
When South Tees NHS Foundation Trust made the decision to suspend A&E services at the Friarage Hospital in North Allerton last March to be replace with an Urgent Treatment Centre,
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