The NEC today decided not to go ahead with the 2009 Labour party spring conference

http://www.labouroutlook.com/home/2008/07/labour-spring-c.html

A YouGov poll in tommorow's Sunday Times gives the following figures:

Conservatives: 47 (nc)

Labour: 25 (nc)

Liberal Democrats: 18 (+2)

 

There's a summary of the results of the other questions asked at Labour Outlook

An ICM poll in tomorrow's Telegraph puts Labour 14 points ahead of the SNP in the Glasgow East by-election.

Labour: 47%
SNP: 33%
Lib Dems: 9%
Conservatives: 7%

 

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Government beginning to embrace web 2.0

It's good to see the government embracing the internet as a way of making policy-making into a genuinely two-way process.

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So lets get this straight...

It was a "fantastic result" ... even though his vote vote went down by 5000

It was a "spectacular turnout" ... at less than half the general election turnout

more at LabourOutlook > > >

Today's newslinks are now up at Labour Outlook

• Plans to increase local democracy to be unveiled
• Tory in racist outburst
• I'm the right leader, says Brown
• Brown will not quit if Labour loses seat
• Glasgow East by-election
• Tories need policies to progress
• Public service reform
• Tory recycling plans
• Carers
• Witness Anonymity Bill
• G8 climate deal
• Brown uses shock tactics to secure tough sanctions against Mugabe
• Government 'did not try' to fend off Saudi inquiry threats
• 42 day detention
• David Davis
• EU to impose airline polution limits
• Rebel Labour MPs push for easier abortions

Today's newslinks are now up at Labour Outlook

They include:

* NHS patients to have right to free medical treatment in Europe
* Unite to merge with USW
* Conservative Councils told to ignore government
* Dentist contract
* West Lothian question
* Security: UK phonetap laws breach privacy
* Gang culture
* Tax changes
* Guardian poll on the economy and environment
* Miliband backs strong EU military force
* Glasgow East by-election date set
 

Labour Outlook is currently putting together a mini-site to cover this year's NEC elections.

Candidate profiles will be going up on the site over the next couple of days.

If you've got a question you'd like to be put to all the candidates, please post it below or email editor@labouroutlook.com and we'll put the answers up over the next week.

An ICM poll in tomorrow's Guardian shows the Tories 20pts ahead

Conservative 45% (+3)
Labour 25% (-1)
Liberal Democrat 20% (-1)

The additional individual questions are summerised at Labour Outlook

Today's newslinks are now up at Labour Outlook

* South at the heart of strategy, says Denham
* Unison Council workers vote to strike
* No. 10 says Darling replacement rumours are 'nonsense'
* Labour party finances
* Child obesity
* Revenue’s increased powers
* Planning bill
* Brown's social mobility speech
* Attorney general
* James McGrath resignation
* BBC licence fee
* Tories may abandon Grenwich Mean Time
* Zimbabwe
* International development
* Tories to scrap NHS targets
* Border police force

Gordon Brown today gave a speech on social mobility.

You can read the full text here

If you don't have it in you to read all  15 pages, I've boiled it down to 10 paragraphs over at Labour Outlook.

 

 

Nick Robinson just suggested that an autumn fightback is currently being planned around an economic message.

He hinted that the new strategy might involve a new Chancellor.

More at Labour Outlook

 

Today's newslinks are now up at Labour Outlook

* Brown to set out social mobility vision
* Boris Johnson aide quits over race row
* Oil prices
* Council surveillance powers
* CBI calls for Diplomas rethink
* Zimbabwe
* Iran
* Darling continues to ask for pay restraint
* Ex-minister backs assisted death
* Lisbon treaty

Are we really turning into a surveillance society?

Judging by his website's header, in which he seems to be being unknowingly watched by 16 people, he may be on to something!

• Newslinks for Tuesday 17th June 2008
• LabourHome grassroots survery results
• Blears & Spelman
  
• Shareholders and Stakeholders
• Gordon Brown's Security & Liberty speech
• Two blogs for mid-morning
• Inflation figures announced: 3.3%

And yesterdays...

• Newslinks for Monday 16th June 2008
• Miliband on Zimbabwe election monitors
• Davis's stand becoming less 'noble'?
• Troop numbers to rise in Afghanistan
• Lisbon Treaty ratification process will continue - David Miliband
• Straw announces party funding White Paper
• Has Davis u-turned on a PMQs stunt?
• Lance Price on 'Team Brown'
• Where now for Labour & public service reform?

Labour's affiliated Trade Unions are, according to Tribune, currently drawing up a list of "areas of interest" for submission to the National Policy Forum and to discuss with 10 Downing St.

You can see the draft list at Labour Outlook

Today's newslinks are now up at Labour Outlook

The full list of Labour MPs who voted against 42 day detention at Labour Outlook

As with the Crewe & Nantwich by-election, I'll be setting up a new section on Labour Outlook specifically to cover the 2008 Labour NEC elections.

In the spirit of 'Wikinomics', which I'm reading at the moment, I thought I'd go straight to source and ask what Labour blog readers would like to see in the section.

Would you like to submit a question to be asked of each of the candidates?

Are you interested more interested in candidates views on specific policies or on party matters?

Would you like to help out with the coverage?

Post your ideas below or email me (click 'Email Us' at Labour Outlook)

Today's newslinks are now up at Labour Outlook