This meeting was called to agree the proposals for party reform which will go to the special conference on 1 March. The paper before us was labelled Draft 18, and…
Collins Review: Miliband successfully digs himself out of hole. Labour remains in hole
By Jon Lansman When I read the email from Ed Miliband to all party members yesterday afternoon, I thought Left Futures should run a competition with a prize for the first person…
National Executive Committee 28 January 2014 by Ann Black
Ed Miliband opened the meeting. He said that at conference Labour had set out important policies on energy bills, childcare, housing and the bedroom tax, and was now moving on…
Model response to the Collins consultation
Defend The Link's model response to the Collins consultation can be downloaded here. Please use it as a basis for answering the questions set out in the document.
National Executive Committee 4 & 5 November 2013 by Ann Black
The Chair Angela Eagle welcomed members to the first meeting after conference, an opportunity to review our aims, objectives and strategies for the year ahead. Deputy leader Harriet Harman stressed…
The Hidden Agenda behind the Collins Review
By Barry Gray and Peter Willsman (CLPD) In his Interim Report on Labour’s union link (‘Building a One Nation Labour Party’), Ray Collins makes it clear that once a new…
On illegitimate interference by party staff into our internal elections
By Peter Willsman As Jon Lansman previously reported here, there is clear evidence that full time Labour party officials in most of the country (including Yorkshire, the East Midlands and…
On illegitimate interference by party staff into our internal elections
By Peter Willsman As Jon Lansman previously reported here, there is clear evidence that full time Labour party officials in most of the country (including Yorkshire, the East Midlands and…
Request for information
Labour conference delegates: appeal for information Those who have read the Yellow Pages delegates’ briefing (produced each day at Labour conference and available here) will have read that the oversight of Labour’s conference arrangements…
HOW LABOUR’S TRIGGER WORKS
A CLPD BRIEFING ON THE RE-SELECTION OF SITTING LABOUR MPS Labour’s ‘trigger’ system, part of the overall process that decides whether a sitting Member of Parliament stands again at the…