As we head towards 2019 I am writing to each CLP to outline the timetable for next year’s Annual Conference taking place in Brighton from Saturday 21 September until Wednesday 25 September 2019. In addition to appointing delegates, your CLP may also nominate candidates for the elections to the Conference […]
Sincere apologies for the delay in my monthly report, I recently stood for a Local Government by-election and it was a full on campaign schedule. I also used to use Campaign Creator to send my reports and now I have to go over to Organise and it took me ages […]
Apologies for the delay in my October 2018 Report. The CAC are meeting in early December and it will be our first meeting since conference. This will be the meeting where we evaluate the 2018 Conference and start the process of planning for the 2019 Labour Conference. Please can you […]
Please excuse the spelling mistakes and grammar errors – I am quite tired! As we countdown the weeks and days until Conference, things have been getting very busy. This month the CAC are meeting four times (17th, 19th and twice on 22nd). Contemporary Motions The meeting on Monday 17th September […]
The CAC met this month (13th Aug), on the agenda was the following: Reference Back Votes at Conference Disability Update Charity Partner Update Delegate Appeals Reference Back: There are two parts to this item what can be referred back and what happens to reference backs. My report includes discussions prior […]
The National Policy Report (NPF) has been released. You can download it by clicking here Each CLP and affiliated organisation is entitled to submit one contemporary motion of up to 250 words. However, if your organisation has already submitted a constitutional amendment (rule change) this year then your organisation is not entitled to also submit a […]
Many members with accessibility needs have been contacting me regarding some of the barriers they wished to be removed so they can participate fully as they are entitled. They are predominately issues I can and am raising through the CAC. However, one area not covered by the Party is fringe […]
This month we had a Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) meeting (10th July). The agenda covered: Access Issues Charity Partner Constitutional Amendments (Rule Changes) Reference Back Process Compositing CLP Secretary Communications Appeals Access Issues: There have been a range of access issues I have been raising since elected. As these have […]
Apologies for the delay, I celebrated my 40th birthday this June and went away before I could complete my report. CAC Meeting The next CAC meeting is on Tuesday 10th July. I’ve managed to collect an extensive list of items CLP Secretaries want me to raise from the Facebook CLP […]
As Socialists many of us were moved by the level of street-homelessness around the Conference venue last year. A sight that is becoming all too common in our major towns and cities thanks to disgraceful Tory policies. It felt perverse for Labour members to walk past homeless people whilst on […]