Labour councillors will receive additional ballot papers to elect their representatives on Labour’s national executive and policy forum. In the election for two NEC representatives, Jay Kramer of Hastings Borough Council will contest with Dave Sparks, leader of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, and Ann Lucas of Coventry. For the four national policy forum places, Steve […]
Posts Tagged ‘NPF’
Making Labour policy: who calls the tune?
May 28th, 2012 by Ann Black.Excellent election results and rising polls have brought a mood of unity and created space and time for serious work on policy. Francois Hollande’s victory shows that austerity is not the only option, and Labour must start to develop an alternative agenda, rejecting the Tory politics of resentment and division in favour of policies which […]
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Progress candidate who has abused access to membership database should be banned
May 21st, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Fiona Twycross, recently elected to the Greater London Assembly and sitting member of the national policy forum, has deliberately abused her privileged access to Labour’s membership database for the second election running. She is a candidate backed by right-wing party-within-a-party, Progress, for election as a London constituency party representative, a position to which she was first elected […]
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At last, let’s have a policy process which empowers members
May 21st, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Last week we welcomed Ed’s replacement of Liam Byrne with Jon Cruddas and his nomination of Angela Eagle to chair Labour’s national policy forum. The fact was that Liam Byrne had wasted 18 months without any genuine advance in the policy review, and Peter Hain had failed to establish a working model of member participation […]
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Ten good reasons to welcome the appointment of Jon Cruddas
May 16th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.It’s been a while since Jon Cruddas was a Labour Left pin up boy and even then the status was contested by some sections of the Left — his campaign for the deputy leadership being seen as a distraction from the non-event that the main event turned out to be. Since that campaign, he clearly […]
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Shadow cabinet reshuffle – another step forward
May 15th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Ed Miliband has announced his minor re-shuffle following the departure of Peter Hain. He has clearly decided to hold off making any major changes at least until the Autumn. However, he has removed Liam Byrne from the role of coordinating the Policy Review, bringing in Jon Cruddas to perform this role, and appointing Angela Eagle […]
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The reform of Labour policy process is unstoppable: Ed’s office please take note
Jan 30th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.As the extended period of consultation about Refounding Labour reaches its conclusion tomorrow, it has become clear that the determination to democratise decision-making extends across the party and its affiliates, and across the political spectrum. It cannot be stopped by the desire of the Leader’s advisers to force trade unions to give up yet more of the […]
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Labour Party members’ policy reps: gagged for 2-years, now facing elections
Jan 9th, 2012 by Peter Kenyon.For those of you braced for late night tomorrow glued to CNN and the GOP New Hampshire primary spare a thought for Labour Party national policy forum (NPF) consitutency labour party(CLP) representatives facing an election next summer. Since taking up office in the autumn of 2010, these haplessindividuals (55 in total – five per Labour […]
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Labour’s policy review: Susan and Melanie and why one head is better than two
Dec 23rd, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Labour’s policy making process has two heads but has shown little sign of life since Ed Miliband became Leader promising to re-create a “living, breathing party“. The two heads are Peter Hain, Chair of the National Policy Forum, who theoretically oversees the policy making process, and Liam Byrne, charged with overseeing the policy review. The National […]
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Refounding Labour attacks union influence and will disappoint members
Jul 19th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Refounding Labour — the review of party structure which was supposed to make good Ed Miliband’s promise of a Living, Breathing Party that would give members back their voice — is about to disappoint, big-time. The draft conclusions and recommendations of the Refounding Labour review are being considered by Labour’s national executive this afternoon (now published […]
