National Policy Forum

By Johanna Baxter / @johannabaxter I love music. But I've never been very good at the time warp. So I found yesterday's NPF was a bit of a challenge. Don't get me wrong - there were lots of high notes but some of the routine was…

By Darrell Goodliffe Electing the shadow cabinet - the way it is currently done at least - is fraught with problems. Why, for example, do we only elect the shadow cabinet, but not the full cabinet? It seems odd and contradictory that…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Speaking to Labour's National Policy Forum in Wrexham today, Ed Miliband argued that the party has too easily in the past ignored the party, and the public: "So we went from six people making decisions in…

We meet today thirteen months on from the General Election. I am proud to be speaking to you in Labour Wales. Labour Wales showing there is a practical alternative. Where tuition fees are not being trebled. Where the health service is not…

By Alon Or-bach The Refounding Labour consultation closed for submissions yesterday. For me, the process brought back memories of the first branch meeting I attended 11 years ago this month. On the agenda, the 21st Century Party…

Subject: Message from Ed Miliband: Refounding Labour and the Shadow Cabinet Importance: High To all Labour MPs Dear Colleague, Please find below a message from Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party: Dear Colleague, As part of the…

As the Refounding Labour consultation comes to a close - and ahead of a big meeting of the National Policy Forum on Saturday - Liam Byrne is interviewed by the Independent, and admits that Labour made mistakes in power, and must own up to…

By Daniel Zeichner Last year, I posed the question: can the National Policy Forum be made to work? Like many others in the party, I've spent many hours in recent weeks at meetings devoted to the Refounding Labour discussion, and that…

By Simon Wright There does not seem to be much enthusiasm for going back to our annual conference making tough policy decisions in front of the TV cameras. When Partnership in[to] Power was introduced, most party members accepted that it…

By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand Every now and again there comes along an article that gets us all talking. Sadly, what we're usually saying is "Why are you Labour?" or even worse "Why aren't you a Tory?". These articles are either yet…

By Johanna Baxter The NEC paid tribute to comrades, including David Cairns MP and Mayor of Southwark Cllr Tayo Situ, who had passed away since our last meeting. The NEC welcomed Rachel Maskell to her first meeting. General Secretary's…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As the Refounding Labour consultation gathers pace, there's an increasing focus on best practice within constituencies. Unless we get a grip on how we organise our local parties to make them open and…