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Have Your Say: Local and Central Government Consultations
This page lists some of the current consultations (unless otherwise stated consultations finish at 23:59 on the date indicated).
To explore other consultations you can look to these two links:
Bracknell Forest at: https://consult.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/kse/
National Consultations at: https://www.gov.uk/search/policy-papers-and-consultations?content_store_document_type%5B%5D=open_consultations&order=updated-newest
If there are other consultations that you know of that should be included, or you want to be kept informed of certain topics, please get in touch with Bob Miller at bob.miller@ntlworld.com.
Local Consultations | ||
| Consultation | Description | Closing Date |
| Parks Satisfaction Survey | To collect feedback from residents and visitors about Bracknell Forest parks and open spaces. | 31 December 2029 03:17PM |
| Street tree consultation, Frobisher 003 | Proposal to remove one street tree (silver birch) at Frobisher, Bracknell. This is known to be causing subsidence damage to no. 5 Frobisher. Our proposed replacement tree is a field maple, to be located nearby. | 18 November 2025 |
| Your views on the Communities Strategy’s draft vision, aims and objectives | Read our draft vision, aims and objectives and the engagement feedback. Share your views and suggest ways that you and your community could get involved. | 17 December 2025 at 5pm |
| Communities Strategy Consultation Survey | Based on over 2,300 contributions from people across the borough, the Communities Partnership has drafted the vision, aims and objectives for our Stronger Together Communities Strategy. This strategy has been co-produced by residents, local businesses, public sector organisations, and voluntary, community and faith groups. Our shared goal is to build stronger, more connected and cohesive communities in Bracknell Forest. | 17 December 2025 at 5pm |
Central Government Consultations | ||
| Consultation: Proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme | The Government is consulting on proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme on the basis of recommendations made in the Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report. Responses to this consultation will support the Government to implement any changes to the Scheme through legislation. | 22 January 2026 |
| Extending the Right to Work Scheme | The government is consulting with employers on extending right to work checks to the 'gig economy' to prevent illegal working. | 10 December 2025 |
| Government Statistical Service Harmonisation: Assessing user needs for additional response options for the new ethnicity harmonisation standard | At the Government Statistical Service we want your response to this consultation to provide evidence of user need, including community and respondent need, for additional tick boxes within the new ethnicity harmonised standard. | 4 February 2026 |
| Census 2031 Topic Consultation | The Topic Consultation provides you with an opportunity to help shape Census 2031 and future population statistics. By sharing your views on what data matters to you and your organisation, you will inform the design of a census that better supports public services and policy decisions. | 4 February 2026 |
| Retirement Collective Defined Contribution pension schemes | This consultation seeks views on policy proposals for the creation of a new type of Collective Money Purchase Scheme (commonly referred to as a Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) scheme), which is to be used only by pensioner members – a “Retirement CDC scheme”. These schemes would allow individuals who have saved into Defined Contribution (DC) pensions to transfer their pot at retirement into a collective fund that provides a trustee managed income for life, adjusted annually based on investment performance and scheme sustainability. | 4 December 2025 |
| Fairer, faster redress in the energy market | We are seeking views on strengthening the role and powers of the Energy Ombudsman in the retail energy market. | 4 December 2025 |
| Make Work Pay: trade union right of access | We're consulting on how the new legal framework for trade unions’ right of access into workplaces should work in practice. We're seeking views on the practical and operational details of the framework. | 18 December 2025 |
| Make Work Pay: duty to inform workers of right to join a union | There’s a new duty on employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. This consultation is about how it should work in practice. | 18 December 2025 |
| Make Work Pay: enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers | The government is seeking views on enhancing workplace protections against dismissal for pregnant women and new mothers. | 15 January 2026 |
| Make Work Pay: leave for bereavement including pregnancy loss | We are seeking views on the details of a new entitlement to bereavement leave, including for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks. | 15 January 2026 |
| New penalties for water company offences | We’re asking for views on strengthening the Environment Agency’s penalties against offences committed by water companies. | 3 December 2025 |
| Post-16 level 3 and below pathways | We're seeking views on the design and implementation of a third, vocational pathway at level 3 and two new pathways at level 2 in post-16 education. | 12 January 2026 |
| Material information in property listings | This consultation seeks views on guidance to make important property information available upfront for home buyers and sellers. | 29 December 2025 |
| Fair pay agreement process in adult social care | The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking the views of individuals and organisations about fair pay agreements. This consultation aims to gather views from the sector on how to establish the best way to collectively agree a fair pay agreement. | 16 January 2026 |
| Home buying and selling reform |
We are consulting on proposals to address longstanding issues with our home buying and selling system. The current process is long, complicated and frustrating. It takes an average of 120 days to complete and around 1 in 3 transactions fail. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, we will publish a roadmap setting out how government will transform home buying and selling over the course of this parliament. |
29 December 2025 |
| Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales: Scheme improvements (access and protections) | This consultation on the Local Government Pension Scheme covers 4 proposals relating to pension benefits in the scheme and access to the scheme. | 22 December 2025 |
| Vets market investigation: consultation on provisional decision |
In May 2024 we launched a market investigation into the supply of veterinary services for household pets. We have now published our provisional decision report. This sets out our provisional findings with respect to our competition assessment, and our proposed remedies. We now invite you to give reasons why these provisional findings and the proposed remedies should not become final, or should be varied. |
14 November 2025 |
| Rolls-Royce small modular reactor: justification application | Seeking views on an application by the Nuclear Industry Association for a regulatory justification decision on the Rolls-Royce small modular reactor. | 1 December 2025 |
Other Consultations | ||
| re3 Waste Management Strategy 2026-2031 consultation, for residents of Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils | The re3 Partnership - Bracknell Forest, Reading, and Wokingham Borough Councils - is developing a new waste strategy to guide waste disposal services from 2026 to 2031. This strategy will aim to reduce waste, improve recycling, and deliver services that are environmentally sustainable, cost-effective, and responsive to residents’ needs. | 14 December 2025 |