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Contemporary motions at Labour Party conference

Democracy returns to Labour Party conference this year as CLPs again have the right to submit motions to conference and delegates to vote on them. CLPs have until 12 noon on 17 September to submit a contemporary motion to conference. [continue...]

Back Susan Press and Christine Shawcroft for the NEC

The LRC is supporting our vice chair Susan Press and National Committee member Christine Shawcroft for election to the Labour Party NEC this year. Labour Party members will receive ballot papers for the NEC elections in September, and we urge all members and supporters to vote for Susan and Christine - and to urge fellow party members to do so too. [continue...]

Lobby your MP to back the Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill

After coming first in the Private Members’ Ballot, and in consultation with the trade union movement and leading trade union lawyers, John McDonnell MP is sponsoring the Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill to tackle the increasing practice by employers of using minor technical errors in the balloting process - which have no material effect on the outcome - to take unions to court in order to prevent them from taking industrial action. [continue...]

LRC statement on the Labour leadership

The LRC has written to all candidates in the Labour leadership contest, asking them their views on three key issues:  [continue...]

LRC backs Ken Livingstone as Labour candidate for Mayor

Vote Ken Livingstone for London Mayor Members of the Labour Party and affiliated unions and societies in London will shortly be balloted on who should be the Party’s candidate for Mayor of London in the election to take place in 2012. [continue...]

No justice as police exonerated again

Ian Tomlinson died at the G20 protests on 1st April 2009. Today is also the 5th anniversary of the shooting by armed officers of Jean-Charles de Menezes. It has taken the CPS nearly a year to publish this report; their reasons are that it’s a “difficult and complex case”... Understandably the family of Ian Tomlinson was greatly concerned by the lengthy investigation fearing a cover-up and the impact this whole process has had on their lives. In April 2010, John McDonnell and leading civil liberties campaigners, MEPs and trade unionists wrote a letter to the Guardian to express their “growing concerns” about the investigation. [continue...]

Government attacks civil service workers’s rights

The Government intends to cut the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) - affecting hundreds of thousands of public sector workers – by scrapping the requirement to obtain the agreement of staff representatives before changes can be made to accrued rights. [continue...]

John McDonnell launches Bill to restore the right to strike

John McDonnell, supported by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group, presented his Private Members’ Bill to parliament today. If adopted, the Bill would significantly improve unions’ ability to defend their members and would be the first step towards the full restoration of trade union rights. [continue...]

Emergency Budget: Redistribution from poor to big business

The Emergency Budget will redistribute wealth from the poor to big business. The Budget announced a 4% cut in corporation tax from 28% to 24%, a higher threshold for employer NI contributions and employer NI exemptions for new businesses, and a cut in the small business rate of tax. [continue...]

Get nominations for NEC and NPF candidates

National Executive Committee The LRC is backing Susan Press and Christine Shawcroft for the Labour Party NEC. Download their statements here. [continue...]

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