Ed Miliband wants to undertake a policy review which reconnects with the lives of people with whom we lost touch to develop a programme for government. He also wants “to give party members a proper voice” in ”a living breathing party of which people are proud to say they are members and proud to call their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NPF’
Ed Miliband’s speech at the National Policy Forum
Nov 28th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.If you’d rather read it, it’s here. Bookmarks Hide Sites
The resurrection of Peter Hain
Oct 9th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Peter Hain, Shadow Welsh Secretary, is to be one of the three shadow cabinet representatives on Labour’s national executive and tells the BBC: “I am also very pleased that Ed Miliband has appointed me chairman of the National Policy Forum, which will form Labour’s new agenda for government.” Although Hain was loyal to the New [...]
Labour Democracy – real or imaginary?
Oct 7th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.All the leadership candidates argued that party members needed a great voice in party decision-making. Today, Pat McFadden (who may yet lose his shadow cabinet place and the chair of Labour’s national policy forum) asks for submissions from party members to what he calls “a review of our policy making process”. Have we been here [...]
Left loses places on Executive but gains 18+ on Policy Forum
Sep 26th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Although Ken Livingstone topped the poll in the national executive elections, the Left lost one place on the National Executive with a turnout of 70%, very much higher than usual. Oona King, benefitting from name recognition, came second and won a small consolation for losing the contest to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor as well [...]
Labour’s Future: the other elections
Sep 1st, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Labour’s future direction isn’t only about who is its next leader. The ballot papers landing on members’ doormats from today include those for Labour’s national executive and national policy forum. With many new members and a turnout that is likely to be higher than usual because of the Leadership election, this will be a crucial [...]
The Brave New Labour World of Policymaking
Jul 13th, 2010 by David Hide.Many of us believe that the 13 years of a Labour Government corresponded with the diminution and subsequent demolition of democracy within the Labour Party. The introduction of Partnership in Power (PiP) ended meaningful debate at our Annual Conference as party policy making was shunted off stage right into the National Policy Forum (NPF). While [...]
Centre Left bids for policy-making power
May 19th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Whilst the eyes of the media are focused on the Leadership election, nominations also open this week for other important elections. A Left slate is emerging for both Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and the National Policy Forum (NPF). The most significant of these is the NPF election: for the first time, this will be [...]
