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Social media ban – something doesn’t add up.
The recent consultation on ‘growing up in an online world’ ran from 2 March 2026 to 26 May 2026. And while the government has already made clear its decision; some organisations have questioned its legitimacy given the output report came after the decision was...
Embed and enact, not test and learn
A great failure of our profession seems to be securing adequate buy-in for our work among people with influence. This has been demonstrated in the recent cull of consultation and engagement professionals in the NHS but more generally in the woeful resourcing that...
Elections are a wasted engagement opportunity
An undercooked positive impact of meaningful public participation might be increased voter turn-out. Whilst we have no hard data about that, it’s clear that low citizen participation at election times (c.30% in the UK for decades) is not healthy. It signals that...
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