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Following Iain McNicol’s resignation, a number of activists on the Left of the Labour Party have called for the next general secretary to be “democratically elected”. The system will not be changed in time for the selection (or election) of…
Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour Party, has decided to stand down to "pursue new projects" after a "tumultuous seven years". McNicol has been the most senior employee of the party since he was selected by Labour's national…
Former Labour employees have hit out at the "intolerable" treatment of current staff members by senior figures in the party. Relations have become increasingly strained between the party's leadership over recent weeks - to the point where…
Preparations for Labour's annual conference in Liverpool next month have been hit by the party's struggles to hire a security company for the five day event. Insiders warn that unless a security firm is found, there is a serious chance that…
Iain McNicol, general secretary of the Labour Party today promised clampdown on abuse. In a statement he said: “Over the summer the party will embark on a big debate about our future. Labour members and supporters will choose our candidate…
New internal Labour analysis predicts that the party now stands to lose as much as £8 million in funding from trade unions as a result of the Tories' Trade Union Bill. This new figure is up from a £6 million hit calculated only a month ago…
Jessie J may have tried to argue it's not about the money, money, money, but anyone facing a well-funded opposition at an election knows all too well the difference it makes. One aspect of the leadership contest yet to be fully discussed is…
In his conference speech this morning Labour General Secretary Iain McNicol committed Labour to recruiting 10,000 new volunteers in the party's 106 target seats in the coming year - just shy of 100 new volunteers per seat. That follows up…
Scottish Labour have just released the following statement: Scottish Labour's General Secretary has today announced that he will be stepping down from the role at the forthcoming Labour Party conference in October. After nearly 10 years…
A year ago today Iain McNicol was selected by the Labour Party NEC as General Secretary. To mark a year since his selection, I put the following 10 questions to him, on policy making, selections, organisation and party reform. Here are his…
Sometimes I can be a bit of a gloomy bugger. When it was all kicking off at Victoria Street, I wrote what was probably one of the most damning pieces of my blogging career so far. I stand by that piece. It was an accurate reflection of how…
The Labour Party plans to select as many as 100 parliamentary candidates in the next 12 months, and have 200 party organisers working “in our communities” by 2014, it was revealed today. Party staff were told of the plans by General…
