A preview of the Deputy Leader election. The Labour party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) will meet on 8 September to decide on the internal election to replace Angela Rayner as deputy leader.

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Labour Party rules allow CLPs to move “reference back” of sections of the National Policy Forum report. This facility was used to some effect at the 2021 conference.

Thanks to Dave Levy for information and suggestions for 2025; see also here.

For the National Policy Forum report, click here.

Some suggestions for contemporary motions for #Lab25, including Green Conversion, Free Movement, Israel Palestine, and pointers to Momentum & CLPD’s suggestions.

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This article examines the meaning of the word ‘contemporary’ as it refers to motions to Labour conference and publishes LLI’s template motion (below or overleaf) on green conversion. It also links to the National Policy Forum report for this year which was circulated on 8 August. Click here to read pdf.

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Sign the petition promoted by Compass, Momentum, and Open Labour:

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This article presents a revised model motion after the votes in parliament on 1/7/25.

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The government has published its Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. It is summarised here. Its Second Reading is due on 1 July. This article re-publishes Meg Hillier’s parliamentary motion opposing it.

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