#public-engagement

#public-engagement

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More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities. This mass lobby is one of the largest to date, with constituents including parents, doctors, and youth campaigners lobbying at least 500 MPs, about 80% of the total.

"You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment, treatment's done - then it's like 'I can crack on, get back to normal'. But actually the phase afterwards is really difficult..."

The recent guidance issued by No 10 restricting civil servants from speaking at media-present events is seen as detrimental to public engagement and discourse.

"This is an attempt to rewrite history, whitewash history. Eliminate the stories of critical contributors to history," said Dennis Arguelles with the National Parks Conservation Association.

The announcement of potential changes to immigration policy has ignited significant concern among the immigrant community in the UK, prompting a swift response through petitions.

The new V&A East Storehouse in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park provides a purpose-built home for over 250,000 objects, showcasing 5,000 years of human creativity.

The V&A Storehouse allows access to 250,000 objects, bringing art storage out of hiding and into public view, redefining museum experience.

The V&A's new warehouse allows the public to explore their extensive storage collections, creating an accessible and immersive experience for museum visitors.

In this context, architecture becomes a means of orientation, framing memory and revealing histories in how we engage with artwork and civic life.

Musée d'Orsay's live restoration of Gustave Courbet's 'A Burial at Ornans' lets art lovers witness the meticulous process, aiming to restore its original vibrance by 2026.

My friends, we are being governed by morons. The more difficult the struggle, the more glorious the victory.

Alan Selwyn, planning lead at the Belsize Society, expressed delight that the pub's significance has been recognized, aiming to collaborate with owners for community benefits.

Piloting safe streets projects can help cities overcome public opposition or cease projects early, a study finds. Now is a crucial time for trial runs.

We are far beyond a pressing need for a trusted and effectively delivered system of distributed digital ID and digital verification. The current, continuing lack of clarity is concerning.

It is the one time throughout the year where we pause and we ask the question: Are decisions in government being made in the public light? Can the people know what's going on?

The National Gallery is offering a unique overnight experience for one lucky winner, allowing them to sleep near the art as part of its 200th anniversary celebration.

Freedom of the press is under unprecedented duress as political attacks intensifying showcase a troubling relationship between power and journalism.

Charles' cancer diagnosis has heaped pressure on the British monarchy, which is still evolving after the 70-year reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Labour's ambitions are jeopardized unless the government actively engages various sectors, moving away from a central command and control model to embrace mass mobilization.

The Conservatives find themselves backed into a corner, desperate for an outbreak of national amnesia about the local elections but aware they must act to avoid looking scared.

We did this action on behalf of Assemble and the ask is that, instead of a House of Lords, which is a house of unelected wealthy elites, we have a house of the people.