| Save the Labour Party |
| 21 March 2006 1. That the NEC resume its rightful responsibility for oversight of all matters of party funding and financing. 2. That the NEC authorise the NEC Officers, in conjunction with the Business Board, to undertake a review of events and present a report covering lessons to be learned for the future and a series of revised processes and protocols to be put in place. These will ensure that the appropriate structures are respected and preserved NEC accountability and the Labour Party’s internal democracy. 3. That the NEC welcome the recommendations of the Electoral Commission and agree that all future commercial loans agreed by the party be declared publicly, including their sources. 4. The NEC will fully co-operate with the Hayden Phillips inquiry. The NEC, in consultation with the Business Board, National Policy Forum and the wider party, will draft the Labour Party’s submission to the Phillips inquiry. The recommendations will take forward Labour’s manifesto commitments, the government’s legislative changes and the discussions on party funding from the January National Policy Forum in Nottingham. The final NEC recommendations will be brought to Annual Conference. 5. In the interim, the NEC officers will take responsibility for overseeing all matters concerning donations and commercial loans. For futher details do to:http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php?id=news2005&ux_news[id]=necpartyfunding&cHash=6af35ec758 |