LLI bulletin July-August 2026: London Regional Conference, and more
Download on pdf, or read below. For answers, look to Party democracy! Andy Burnham is now leader of the Labour Party. It is good that Starmer had been replaced. It is good that in replacing him Burnham has implicitly disavowed his own past in the Blair government, and has apologised for the party’s weaknesses on…
Keep readingRule changes at 2026 conference?
Under current rules, rule-changes submitted by CLPs come up for consideration the year after they are submitted. So in September 2026 conference should be considering rule changes submitted by CLPs in or around June 2025. However, we don’t know – and on our asking-round so far, we’ve found no-one who does know – which those…
Keep readingReferencing back sections of the NPF Report
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…
Keep readingTemplate motion on changing Labour leader
You may find this text useful to adapt for motions in CLPs and union branches. We welcome the recognition by MPs that Labour needs a change of direction in government in order to deliver real improvements for working-class people and to win back political ground from the Greens and Reform. We are concerned that changing…
Keep readingTexts to adapt on public ownership of water
Two texts to draw on Motion submitted by Islington South CLP to London Labour conference 18-19 July 2026 We note: Across the UK, rivers and natural waterways are a vital resource, essential for ecological diversity and leisure. Record levels of illegal sewage dumping in our rivers, lakes and seas inherited by the Labour…
Keep readingSome history: Leadership elections, nomination thresholds, and what Andy Burnham has in common with Ramsey MacDonald
A Labour MP returning to parliament after a period out, becoming Labour Leader within a very short time, seen by many as a leftward move in the parliamentary party? Not just 2026, but also November 1922 – when Ramsey MacDonald was elected as Labour leader, deposing the incumbent J R Clynes. MacDonald gained 52% of…
Keep readingTemplate motion after Keir Starmer’s resignation
You may find this text useful to adapt. If left MPs come up in good time with a candidate to seek MP nominations, as we hope they will, you can add a clause stating support for that candidate. The NEC will run the election by opening nominations to MPs first, and only then to CLPs…
Keep readingKeir Starmer has resigned – a genuine debate and contest now needed for Labour leader
Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as Labour Party leader. Andy Burnham is reported to have support of 200 MPs, well in excess of the 81 needed to nominate. Wes Streeting has announced that he is not standing, presumably unable to collect that number. No other candidates have yet come forward. We think that there…
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