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 […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. The NEC met under a Labour government for the first time in 14 years, and members were in good spirits. Seven colleagues were congratulated on their election as MPs, and therefore were no longer eligible to serve in their former sections. They included socialist societies […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here This replaced the meeting scheduled for 28 May and took us straight from the local elections into the thick of the general election campaign. Rishi Sunak’s decision seems to have surprised his own party more than Labour, which has been preparing for months, but better […]
NB a pdf version of this report is here. The meeting opened with tributes to Steve Swift, Tommy McAvoy, John Tomlinson, Ruth Henig, Alistair Darling, Ronnie Campbell, Roy Roebuck, Hanzala Malik and Tim Brighouse. General secretary David Evans said the date for calling a general election on 2 May had now passed. This was disappointing, […]
NB a pdf version of this report is available here. The next full meeting of the NEC is on Tuesday 26 March 2024. Before then, here is a report on recent subcommittees – as always, please mail annblack50@btinternet.com with any questions or comments. Equalities committee, 7 March 2024 Anneliese Dodds, shadow secretary for women and […]
NB a pdf version of this report is here. The meeting opened with warm tributes to Tony Lloyd, Glenys Kinnock, Derek Draper and Allan Rogers. We then had a final update from the Forde report working group. Of Forde’s 165 recommendations 154 are considered complete, and 11 are not being progressed. The enhanced member’s pledge […]
NB a pdf version of this report is here. The first NEC meeting after conference always sets the party’s direction for the year ahead. With the chancellor’s highly political autumn statement and hints of an early budget in February, speculation about a May election was rising. There might only be one more normal meeting before moving […]
A pdf version of this report is here. NEC at Conference, Liverpool, 7/11 October 2023 The horrors unfolding in the Middle East overshadowed all else and in comparison internal party manoeuvrings seem insignificant, whether points of order about motions or the “Moderates” gloating over defeats for the “Hard Left”. Nevertheless for the record I have […]
NB a pdf version of this report is here. NEC members gathered in Glasgow and spent the morning campaigning for Michael Shanks in the Rutherglen & Hamilton West by-election before the formal meeting in the afternoon. Unfortunately there were technical glitches and those joining remotely could not hear all the discussion, reinforcing my view that […]