Campaign Briefing
Why we Are on Strike by Mick Whelan, General Secretary ASLEF Union Train drivers who are members of ASLEF – the train drivers’ trade union, which represents 96% of the train drivers in England, Scotland, and Wales – will strike at twelve train operating companies on Saturday, 1st October and at 13 on Wednesday, 5th […]
on 25.09.22 Article Campaign Briefing Edition 82 – PDF DownloadDownload CLPD’s annual publication, Campaign Briefing below.
on 25.09.22 Yellow Pages Labour Party Conference 2022 – Yellow Pages – Sunday 25th SeptemberVote Against Factional NEC Rule Changes: Defend OMOV Rather than focus on fighting the Tories, the NEC has been spending its time trying to unwind some of the democratic gains for members in recent years – and showing total disregard for members and our engagement in the Party. ● First, it is proposing to change […]
on 23.09.22 Candidate Report Ann Henderson reports from the 20 September NECAnn Henderson reports from the 20 September NEC, including updates on rule changes, the Forde report and equality conferences.
on 12.09.22 Article Report from NEC Equalities Committee from Ann HendersonReport from NEC Equalities Committee Ann Henderson, NEC CLP representative, September 2022 The NEC Equalities Committee met on Thursday 8th September 2pm – 3.45pm. With a number of apologies, and a light agenda, the meeting was poorly attended and not as focused as the wider Party membership might reasonably expect an Equalities Committee to be, […]
on 09.09.22 Campaign Briefing Enough is Enough! Labour’s Broad Church Must Include JeremyThis year’s Labour Party Annual Conference seriously needs to address the deepening cost of living crisis and set out how the Party will tackle it. It should also halt the attacks on Jeremy Corbyn as these divert attention from addressing this crisis. The Party is a broad church and Jeremy should be a Labour candidate […]
on 06.09.22 Article Forde cannot be ignored“The report demonstrates just what an impossible situation Corbyn’s Leadership was in. When they tried to work through staff they were met with obstruction. When they tried to go round existing structures, they met huge criticism.” Read an analysis of the Forde Report by Rachel Garnham, Vice-Chair of CLPD, on Labour Outlook: https://labouroutlook.org/2022/08/01/forde-cannot-be-ignored-rachel-garnham-clpd/
on 06.09.22 Article Tel’s Tales, August 2022TORIES AT SIXES AND SEVENS ‘Since the Brexit referendum the Conservatives have been facing two directions: towards their old voters and towards their new ones. Boris Johnson won such a stinking majority in 2019 General Election, because he was able to unite both halves of that coalition… Sunak is winning 46-41 among Tory members who […]
on 31.08.22 Campaign Time to submit motions to Labour Party ConferenceModel motions for Labour Party Conference 2022.
on 30.08.22 Model motion Model motions for Labour Party Conference 2022Please find below suggested model motions for Labour Party Conference 2022. The deadline for submissions is Thursday 15 September 2022 at 5pm Cost of living crisis Conference notes The July TUC report which says that: real wages in the UK are forecast to shrink by 6.2% (£1,750) over the next two years – the tightest […]
on 29.07.22 Article Tel’s Tales, July 2022DIVERSITY – TORY APPEARANCE VIS À VIS TORY REALITY ‘Having an appearance of diversity without the policies or intention to provide any change for the better is what the Tories are all about. The same can be said of their “two women prime ministers” boast, as both these women presided over periods that made life […]
on 28.07.22 Report Gemma Bolton NEC Report – 19th July 2022Please see here for Gemma Bolton’s report from Labour’s full NEC, held 19th July 2022.
on 25.07.22 Article NEC reportLabour NEC Report July 2022 Ann Henderson, NEC CLP section The full NEC met on Tuesday 19th July. We met online, due to the heatwave, rather than in hybrid format. The day was dominated by the publication of the Forde Report, a copy of which was supplied to NEC members half an hour before we […]
Resource How Should I Vote? on 17.07.22 Article NEC reportLabour NEC report – Meetings held 5th July 2022 Ann Henderson (CLP Section) The NEC Complaints and Disciplinary Committee, and the NEC Organisation Committee, both met on Tuesday 5th July. These Committees have specific remits and are composed of all NEC members. The Complaints and Disciplinary Committee takes updates on numbers of cases coming through […]
on 12.07.22 Campaign Labour Party NEC elections: Vote for the Grassroots 5Support the Grassroots 5 candidates in the Labour Party NEC elections 2022.
Jess Barnard
Gemma Bolton
Yasmine Dar
Mish Rahman
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi
‘STARVE AND SHIVER WITH SUNAK’ ‘In the 1948 winter crisis, the then ministers of food and fuel, John Strachey and Emmanuel Shinwell, were lambasted for their failure to do more. “Starve with Strachey and shiver with Shinwell” was the jibe. Much more will have to be done to prevent another harsh, cruel winter of austerity, […]
on 11.07.22 Statement Grassroots 5 – candidate statementsJessica Barnard As a youth worker I have spent years supporting young people and families experiencing insecure work, devastating cuts to their community and denied a secure home. More than ever we need to take the fight to the Tories and deliver a socialist Labour government that tackles wealth inequality, putting people first. We must […]
on 09.07.22 Article Women’s NewsletterCLPD has produced a new newsletter aimed at Labour Party Women Members focussing on the question ‘Why is Labour deprioritising Women?’ – as well as noting the threat to Labour’s Women’s Conference and democratic structures, we also look at some of the issues women are facing, including Roe v Wade, and the policy issues where […]
on 27.06.22 Statement An Important Statement from Apsana Begum MPAn important statement from Apsana Begum MP
on 29.05.22 Article Tel’s Tales, May 2022‘A STAGGERING MILESTONE’ ‘The United Nations Refugee Agency has revealed that the global number of forcibly displaced people has passed 100 million for the first time’. The Guardian, 23 May, 2022 THE TORY PARTY HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH ISLAMOPHOBIA Sime time ago Sadiq Khan pointed out that the Tory mayoral candidate had shared an […]
on 28.05.22 Labour's Internal Elections 2022 All Candidates to Support for Labour’s 2022 Internal ElectionsBelow are all of the candidates CLPD is supporting in Labour’s 2022 internal elections. National Executive Committee (CLP Section) The Grassroots 5 candidates: Jess Barnard Gemma Bolton Yasmine Dar Mish Rahman Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi These candidates statements can be found here. National Executive Committee: Youth, Disabled, BAME, Local Government & Wales Reps Lara McNeill […]
on 28.05.22 Candidate Report Gemma Bolton’s NEC Report – 24.05.2022See below for a report from Labour’s NEC held Tuesday 24th May 2022 by Gemma Bolton. Leader’s Report Keir Starmer reported to the NEC on his work as leader of the Labour Party, including Labour’s campaign for a Windfall Tax on the excess profits of energy companies; the results of the local elections; the […]
on 20.05.22 Campaign CLPD Suggested Rule Changes – Conference 2022See here for the rule changes CLPD is promoting for Labour Party Conference 2022