One of the last and most powerful policy tools left to CLPs at Annual Conference is a reference back of the National Policy Forum report.

This is a right established in the rules (see Clause III-1-G).

Guidance issued last year was as follows, although one had to look very hard for it.

Only one reference back per policy commission from each organisation is permitted with a maximum of four per organisation.

Reference backs should be submitted to the CAC by 5pm, 11 September 2025 by emailing cac@labour.org.uk.

Submissions should include:

a. Which precise section of the document they wish to refer back; and

b. Briefly outline the basis upon which they wish to do so

Critically, these cannot be written until the NPF report is published which has historically been in the 1st week of August.

The timetable and deadline will differ from last year.

The documentation of these Reference Backs is very poor. Neither their submitters nor their text are documented in the delegates’ report or the CAC reports. See https://labour.org.uk/resources/annual-conference-reports/