The latest news and events from the LRC's 'Labour's Future{/exp:xml_encode}' campaign. http://l-r-c.org.uk/ en-GB Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:24:41 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/nominate-gary-heather-and-christine-shawcroft-for-the-nec/ Your CLP is now able to make nominations for the Labour Party NEC elections, which will take place later in the year. The LRC is asking to you to seek nominations for Gary Heather (download Gary’s statement) and Christine Shawcroft (download Christine’s statement). Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:18:44 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/labour-mps-and-councillors-back-30-november-strike-and-say-we-wont-cross-pi/ On 30 November thousands of ordinary Labour members will be backing public sector workers in their dispute with the government. In Scotland all Labour MSPs have pledged their support and will not cross picket lines at Holyrood. Likewise Labour AMs in Wales will not cross picket lines at Cardiff Bay. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:01:47 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/lrc-conference-2011-labours-resistance/ The LRC’s annual conference ‘Labour’s Resistance’ took place on Saturday 19 November in London. Conference debated and voted on policy - everything from adult social care to Iran - elected new officers and a national committee, and held hustings for LRC nominees for the centre-left Labour Party NEC slate. Around 250-300 individual members and delegates from local groups and affiliates attended. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:12:42 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/labour-party-conference-needs-democracy-and-debate-not-abolition/ Joint secretaries Pete Firmin and Andrew Fisher had a letter published in the Guardian calling for greater democracy and debate at party conference to make it relevant again, and for the Party to find the policies that can win back members and voters to defeat the coalition government. Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:10:58 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/labour-is-a-political-movement-not-a-fanclub/ . . .Grassroots labour activists and MPs reluctantly call for rejection of Refounding Labour Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:40:40 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/contemporary-motions-for-labour-party-conference/ The LRC has prepared three draft contemporary motions ahead of Labour Party conference (25-29 September in Liverpool). You can download the model motions here: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:31:45 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/public-sector-pensions-win-the-fight-in-the-party/ Over three-quarters of a million trade unionists took co-ordinated strike action on 30 June. The unifying issue was the attack on public sector pensions, which would mean people paying more and working longer for a lower pension - even though public sector pension costs are falling, and are entirely sustainable. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:01:18 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/refounding-labour-lrc-guidance/ Following Labour’s defeat at last year’s general election, there is recognition that the Labour Party is in need of fundamental change. Peter Hain is now chair of the National Policy Forum and was asked by the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to write a consultation paper that both takes stock and asks some key questions on what Labour needs to do to regain the trust of British people. This is therefore an opportunity for the LRC to influence the change that will inevitably take place in the party. Mon, 09 May 2011 18:27:44 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/elections-2011-labour-must-offer-an-alternative/ People punished the Lib Dems for betraying their promises but while they were rightly condemned, the Tories got off lightly. This is because no party is challenging their central claim - underpinning the ideological assault on the public sector and welfare state - that it was public spending that caused the crisis and cutting public spending is the solution. The Labour leadership only offers slightly fewer cuts slightly more slowly. Wed, 04 May 2011 04:10:17 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/vote-no-to-av/ The LRC National Committee voted in February 2011 to advocate a ‘No’ vote in the referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) on 5 May. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:50:55 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/northumberland-lrc-launches-on-28-april/ A new LRC group in Northumberland will launch next week on 28 April, with two local Labour MPs speaking at the launch meeting. The LRC has a strong presence in the North East - with local groups already established in Teesside and Durham, as well as a regional grouping. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:34:56 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/lrc-says-no-to-av/ The February National Committee meeting voted overwhelmingly to oppose AV in the referendum now confirmed for 5 May 2011, and so the LRC will be recommending that members vote ‘No’. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:36:12 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/vote-yes-in-the-welsh-referendum/ On 3rd March, the people of Wales will be asked to vote on whether our National Assembly should have increased powers to make legislation. Welsh Labour Grassroots (WLG) – the organisation of left and centre-left activists in the Welsh Labour party and sister organisation of the LRC – is strongly supporting the ‘yes’ campaign in this referendum. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:30:55 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/why-councillors-should-fight-the-cuts/ Labour councils are being put in an invidious position by the government. They want councils to act as their bailiffs, carrying out part of their attack on welfare provision. This is not what most Labour councillors wanted to do when they stood for election. Many councillors believe they can mitigate the effects of the government’s attacks, but the scale of the attack makes this impossible: councils carrying through the cuts are having to cut front-line services. Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:30:21 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/tony-benn-addresses-lrc-conference-2011/