{"id":12838,"date":"2025-08-12T21:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=12838"},"modified":"2026-07-12T10:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:26:57","slug":"labour-conference-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/labour-conference-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Conference 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here is my #lab 25 page. Conference is to be in Liverpool again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Conference Documents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Labour Party published the documents at https:\/\/labour.org.uk\/resources\/annual-conference-reports\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The NPF Report (https) <\/a>or via my mirror<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Delegates’ Report (https)<\/a> or via my mirror<\/a>., basic agenda stuff, see also my blog article, Advice to delegates<\/a>, written in 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Financial Report, www<\/a> or my mirror<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. CAC Report No 1<\/a>, and its addendum<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. CAC Report No 2<\/a>, and its addendum<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. CAC Report No 3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. CAC Report No 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Balance of Forces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    At #Lab25, if one looks at the results of Card Vote 1, vs the reported membership, conference turnout was 55% of the membership. This suggests, using a very crude analysis, that ~235 CLPs were missing, out of 628, although it was probably more as larger parties are richer and more likely to attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Finance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Esther’s analysis is at https:\/\/labourhub.org.uk\/2025\/11\/03\/labours-annual-accounts-analysed\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    She concludes, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Balance sheet is not strong, with net assets covering less than a month\u2019s running costs (using 2024 year-end figures).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So, the overall picture is one of dramatic expansion and funding and electoral success, but a precarious balance sheet and overwhelming and unprecedented reliance on individual and corporate funding. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Advice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    CLPD<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Yellow Pages Sunday 28th<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Yellow Pages Monday 29th<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Yellow Pages Tuesday 30th<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Yellow Pages Wednesday 1st<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Labour Left Internationalists<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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      1. LLI Bulletin No 1<\/a>, Saturday and Sunday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. LLI Bulleting No 2<\/a>, Saturday<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. LLI Bulleting No 3<\/a>, Monday,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. LLI Bulleting No 4<\/a>, for Tuesday<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

        Reference Back[s]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

        It seems that NPF reference backs are to be allowed this year; I am unsure how to make them, there maybe a form. This blog article quotes<\/a> the rule that applies. 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 by emailing cac@labour.org.uk<\/a>. They should include, which precise section of the document they wish to refer back; and briefly outline the basis upon which they wish to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

        Contemporary motions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        Motions need to be ‘contemporary’ and thus refer to events post the 8th August. I will try and capture events that might act as ‘hooks’ for motions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government<\/a>, on ISDS, trade agreements, climate change and at a stretch Brexit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Press release: More than 200 organisations sign open letter in response to anti-refugee protests<\/a> a statement from Labour movement leaders and pro-migrant and anti-racist campaigners, a hook on immigration and fighting the far-right.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Council applies for injunction over asylum hotel<\/a> , another hook on pro-migrant and anti-racist campaigns. The events have been superseded as the injunction has been struck down. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. On 1st September, 2025, Yvette Cooper made yet another immigration policy announcement, most startlingly, prohibiting, refugees, who enter the country irregularly from bringing their family with them: reported by the Guardian<\/a> & BBC<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. EU citizens awaiting UK residency status have right to travel, Home Office told<\/a> in the Guardian highlights HMG’s failure to fairly implement the withdrawal agreement. Another hook on Brexit and MIgrants. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. And Retail shipments between Northern Ireland and the rest of UK plummet<\/a> from Businessplus, an Irish site, on GB\/NI trade, which pertains to the withdrawal agreement, the windsor framework<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Other Orgs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Momentum<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

          Their motions are recommended at in this document, Contemporary Motions Conference 2025<\/a> and they have four template motions, on Tackling Child Poverty, Restoring Trust in the EHRC, Supporting Refugees and opposing racism, and Meaningful action against Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          LCFM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

          The LCFM have a recommended the following, Put migrants\u2019 rights on the agenda at Labour Conference 2025<\/a> although they mean 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Here is my #lab 25 page. Conference is to be in Liverpool again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[140],"tags":[2203,142,141],"class_list":["post-12838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-lab25","tag-labour","tag-politics-2"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davelevy_eu\/115017895112151423","error":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/redrose-edwardhowell-unsplash-rotated-w1080.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12838"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14405,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12838\/revisions\/14405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}