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The new frontiers of democracy in the run-up to general election
The election approach is a good time to reimagine opportunities for enhanced participatory democracy under a new (or existing!) government. History tells us that most party manifestos are nothing more than aspirations, not necessarily well conceived and not...
Lay of the land
We’ve been busy looking at every local authority website across the UK to try and determine how public consultations are presented. The results vary from very organised to virtually nonexistent - with just over half of local authorities just listing opportunities on a...
Eyes wide open at the post-consultation phase
This article was kindly written for ACEP by Andy Mills (a seasoned consultation and engagement professional) The robustness of plans needed after a consultation has concluded is easily underestimated. It’s quite the tragedy if an otherwise robust dialogue phase is...