Leader’s Presentation Gordon Brown outlined the Government’s strategy for confronting the economic crises. He said he was determined that the London Conference in early April of the leaders of the…
The Government is wrong on Royal Mail
By Billy Hayes The publication of the document "The Future of the Universal Postal Service in the UK" by Lord Mandelson represents a serious mistake by the Government. Not only…
NEC meeting 27 January 2009
NATIONAL POLICY The meeting opened with a discussion about the National Policy Forum (NPF). Pat McFadden reported that it would meet on 28 February and would review both the most…
Senior Trade Unionist speaks out
A senior trade unionist spoke to Tribune (9th Jan 2009) about the high level of illegitimate interference into party democracy by regional officials at Annual Conference. He is reported as…
What Labour’s Right Wing really thinks
Luke Akehurst, reportedly an officer of the hard right organisation, Labour First, sometimes lets on as to just how off the wall the Right Wing are. For example, he has…
Peter Willsman News from the NEC
A report by Peter Willsman (0208 854 7326) of some of the issues at the January NEC meeting. Peter is a CLP rep on the NEC and has represented CLPs…
See the full 2008 NEC election figures
Message to Labour Party MembersThe full NEC election (CLP Section) voting figures for 2008, broken down by CLP are availible on Labour Members Net.To view or download the figures, go…
Dates for 2009 Annual Conference
Closing date for nomination for Conference Delegates 12 JuneClosing date for submission of Rule Changes 12 JuneClosing date for Contemporary Issues …
How the Grassroots can rebuild Labour
by Mark Seddon Future historians may well look back on 2008 as the year in which the free market consensus was finally broken. They may even pin-point the collapse of…
NEC meeting 17/18 November 2008
The NEC’s first meeting after party conference was a 2-day ‘awayday’ held in the context of the widely unexpected Labour victory in the Glenrothes byelection, and of Gordon Brown being…