This forum has been created by Communities and Local Government to allow everyone with an interest in Communities and Local Government areas of responsibility to contribute their views on current policy and emerging issues.
This is a pilot forum, being evaluated by the independent Hansard Society. It builds on the success of a smaller pilot forum on the future of local government, which ran from 27 February to 25 June 2006. If successful, this extended pilot may lead to Communities and Local Government using discussion forums as standard for priority issues from early 2007.
If you have any questions about this forum please email contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk
Read about central government’s ‘consultation criteria’.
Your contribution
Everyone is welcome to join the discussions on this site. Communities and Local Government values your opinions and would like to hear your experiences of how our policies affect you. All comments you post on this site will be read by Communities and Local Government policy officials, who will also take part in each debate.
We regret that we cannot enter into direct correspondence on every point raised in this forum, but relevant policy officials will submit posts in response to recurring themes in the comments and to encourage discussion. For specific enquiries you can email Communities and Local Government at contactus@communities.gsi.gov.uk
Please note that the views expressed on forum topics which relate to formal consultation papers will be considered alongside responses received through more traditional means. Your views will be included in the relevant published summaries.
For information on how to use this site please visit the forum help pages. See the terms and conditions page for further information on privacy and copyright.
Communities and Local Government
Communities and Local Government was created on 5 May 2006 with a powerful remit to promote community cohesion and equality, as well as responsibility for housing, urban regeneration, planning and local government.
It unites the communities and civil renewal functions previously undertaken by the Home Office, with responsibility for regeneration, neighbourhood renewal and local government (previously held by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister). Communities and Local Government brings together responsibility for equality policy, including policy on race, faith, gender and sexual orientation. These functions were previously split between several government departments.
For more information about the department, please visit www.communities.gov.uk.
‘Digital Dialogues’ pilot
This forum is being run within the Department of Constitutional Affairs’ ‘Digital Dialogues’ pilot.
The pilot will explore the potential of information and communication technology to support central government communications and consultations. Support and evaluation is being provided by the Hansard Society, an independent, non-partisan charity.
More information about the Hansard Society and its work is available at www.hansardsociety.org.uk.
