NB a pdf version of this report is available here. The chair Ellie Reeves welcomed members, and Luke Akehurst gave a eulogy for former NEC member and Hackney councillor Peter Kenyon. A discussion on national women’s conference will be held in May. General secretary Hollie Ridley updated the NEC on preparations for council elections and […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. Before the next full NEC meeting on Tuesday 25 March, here is a round-up of recent activities – as always, comments and questions are welcome. National Women’s Committee, 4 March 2025 The meeting paid tribute to Anneliese Dodds for her work as minister for women […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. The chair Ellie Reeves welcomed members to the first meeting of 2025 and thanked Wendy Nichols for all her work for the party as she leaves for the Lords. John Prescott’s funeral would be held on Thursday, and tributes were paid to long-serving Bury member […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. Before the next full NEC meeting on Tuesday 28 January, here is a round-up of recent activities – as always, comments and questions are welcome. National Policy Forum, 22 January 2025 The NPF met for the first time since July 2023. Ellie Reeves MP was […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. On the eve of the formal meeting Keir Starmer hosted a reception at 10 Downing Street to thank the NEC, my first time inside since Harriet Harman’s summer drinks in 2008. This was followed by dinner and a full day at the party’s Southwark headquarters, […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. After recovering from the excitement of the election, NEC subcommittees met in advance of the next full NEC meeting on 26 November. Here are some notes – as always, comments and questions welcome. Complaints and Disciplinary Sub-Committee, 5 November 2024 During the run-up to the […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. The committee met twice in 2024. Although campaigning rightly took precedence, the long gap after the previous meeting in September 2023 did not allow members to discuss council elections, parliamentary candidates and campaign strategies as they developed. Eventually we caught up on Zoom. REC Meeting, […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. The mood in Liverpool was less exuberant this year as Labour confronts the realities of government amid the wreckage inherited from the Tories. Nevertheless there was real satisfaction in being able to act, not just to talk, in listening to Labour ministers for the first […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. This was the shortest meeting I can remember, with just two main items: electing a new general secretary, and arrangements for conference. On the first I was involved in longlisting and shortlisting as well as the final decision, and had no doubts that Hollie Ridley […]
National Women’s Committee, 12 August 2024 This was the first meeting under a Labour government, and members celebrated the election of 190 Labour women MPs. Arrangements for the women’s conference on Saturday 21 September should be published on the website soon. It will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a reception on the […]