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Improving participation for neurodivergent audiences
Making participatory experiences fully inclusive can be a challenge. Foremost the issues at hand might require complex explanation – too little detail and participants might be misinformed. Conversely, too much detail might put people off. Most consultation and...

Local government reorganisation (LGR): where do we belong?
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (the 2007 Act) provides the statutory process for making structural changes to councils after the English devolution white paper. 21 two-tier areas and their neighbouring small unitary authorities were...

Forget Tel Aviv, the EU is building its own ‘Iron Dome’
The ‘EU democracy shield’ is a fascinating initiative that is due for adoption in the third quarter of this year. While the details are still being debated, the aspiration is to deploy actions to actively preserve the integrity of the online information space. That...
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