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By Ellie Reeves / @elliereeves The Labour Party is currently reviewing it's policy making process and the National Policy Forum will be meeting to discuss reform on 27th November. If we are to win back power, in my view ordinary members…
By James Valentine Labour Party policy emanates from the membership and for the last thirteen years the National Policy Forum has been the way in which this has taken place. It largely replaced the previous system based around formal…
By Joe Caluori / @croslandite The criticism most commonly levelled at the current leadership election is that it is more about the party talking to itself rather than talking to the voters - whose judgment on us in May precipitated this…
By Peter Kenyon Save the Labour Party (STLP) has been pressing for members to have a say in Labour Party policy-making ever since a LabOUR Commission/YouGov poll in 2006 showed over 90% of respondents expected to have a voice. With reports…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Conference yesterday voted by two to one to give Labour party members the right to elect their policy-making representatives directly in the first major extension of party democracy for over a decade. A rule…
From @LabourList Hi all, First, thanks to councillors, MEPs, candidates, activists, members and fellow-travellers for campaigning right through to 4 June in the face of difficulties beyond your control and which you did not deserve. I've…
By Jessica Asato / @Jessica_Asato The vast majority of political commentators ignore what happens in the constituency Labour parties meeting every month in fusty church halls and tatty pub function rooms across the country. Quite rightly…
From @LabourList The activists who wrote the letter to the NEC a few weeks ago, calling for tougher action from the leadership on expenses have now sent the following letter to those who took part in the campaign. Click here to see the full…
By Jamie Henley As a trade union lawyer, who regularly deals with issues affecting those suffering from industrial diseases, it was a privilege at the National Policy Forum last weekend to add my support to the call for the establishment of…
At the National Policy Forum at the weekend Gordon Brown spoke about the thinking and values behind Labour's action on the economy. You can read the full speech here. The party also published a comprehensive document on Labour's approach…
By Peter Kenyon Save the Labour Party, of which I was recently re-elected chair, has just issued a call for a debate at the Labour Party National Policy Forum about the Party's relationship with the private sector. Its constitution…
By Ann Black The meeting opened with a lively discussion of the National Policy Forum. The next Forum is on 28 February, followed by a review of the current cycle including the new right to submit amendments. Conference 2009 will also…
