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REPORT 2017 NATIONAL POLICY FORUM REPORT 2017 Contents Contents NPF Elected Officers ....................................................................................................................2 Foreword ........................................................................................................................................3 About this document ...................................................................................................................4 Policy Commission Annual Reports .........................................................................................5 Early Years, Education and Skills ....................................................................................7 Economy, Business and Trade ..................................................................................... 15 Environment, Energy and Culture .............................................................................. 25 Health and Care ................................................................................................................ 33 Housing, Local Government and Transport ............................................................ 43 International ...................................................................................................................... 51 Justice and Home Affairs ............................................................................................... 59 Work, Pensions and Equality ........................................................................................ 69 Appendices.................................................................................................................................. 79 1 The Labour Party NPF Elected Officers NPF Chair NPF Vice Chairs Ann Cryer (CLPs/Regions) Katrina Murray (CLPs/Regions) Mick Whelan (Trade unions and affiliates) Shabana Mahmood (Elected representatives) 2 NATIONAL POLICY FORUM REPORT 2017 Foreword Foreword Welcome to the 2017 edition of the National Policy engaged with policy making, not just in the last Forum (NPF) Report. I was delighted to be elected weeks before the election but across the cycle as Chair of the National Policy Forum in November of policy development which has run since the 2016. I stood for the position as I have been a long- 2015 General Election. Thousands of people standing supporter of the NPF process ever since got involved - members and supporters, CLPs it was first introduced in the 1990s. Since then we and local policy forums, stakeholders and the have been through many changes, deepening and organisations – resulting in a manifesto which strengthening our institutions, to put members at was truly a shared document, based on the views the heart of our policy making. of the Party as a whole. Thank you all; your ideas make the difference and our superb manifesto The strengths of the NPF process have come to would not have been the same without them. the fore this year. Once the snap election was We can all be very proud indeed. called, Representatives sprang into action to work on the accelerated manifesto process agreed by the National Executive Committee as part of the Party’s contingency planning for an early election. Ann Cryer Chair of the National Policy Forum The work of the last two years formed the basis of the Manifesto. Representatives took views on the NPF policy documents coming out of the National Policy Forum meeting last year, and the Leader’s 10 pledges agreed at Annual Conference 2016. Combined with the work done by the NPF in 2015 – 2016, this was woven together what was heard through a consultation with Party members, and a series of manifesto priorities meetings with NPF Representatives and stakeholders. This process of consultation culminated in the Clause V meeting in May – the formal business of finalising the Manifesto – where the final document was unanimously agreed. The detailed work of the policy commissions since the Party met in Liverpool last year is set out on the following pages. These reports focus on the manifesto content and process for agreement and will be debated on Conference floor across the week. A programme of policy seminars will also be running where delegates can raise ideas, discuss views and share their experience with members of Labour’s Frontbench teams and NPF Representatives. You can find out more about these by visiting the Party Stand in the Brighton Centre. As well as recording my thanks to all of the NPF Representatives for their hard work; on behalf of the Forum I sincerely thank all of those who 3 The Labour Party About this document The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. To get involved visit policyforum.labour.org.uk We agree policy through a rolling programme the online home of Labour’s policy development of discussion and development across a process. On this website you can find policy Parliamentary cycle. The National Policy Forum consultation documents published by the NPF, – which is made up of representatives from all make submissions, get involved in the debates sections of the Party - is the body responsible and get feedback from your representatives on for drafting documents, taking evidence and the NPF. You can also follow the NPF on Twitter consulting with the Party. Every year the NPF @labpolicyforum for updates and details of new reports on this work in the ‘NPF Annual Report consultations and events near you. to Conference’. This document is the 2016/17 edition; in it you can read about the work of the We want as many people as possible to get involved, NPF’s eight policy commissions since Conference so please do take part. Together we can build a 2016. policy platform to tackle the challenges our country faces, and build a Britain for the many not just a few. 4 POLICY COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORTS 5 6 NATIONAL POLICY FORUM REPORT 2017 Early Years, Education and Skills Policy Commission POLICY COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORTS Early Years, Education and Skills 7 The Labour Party Early Years, Education and Skills | Annual Report Membership 2016/17 HM Opposition Angela Rayner MP* Gordon Marsden MP Mike Kane MP Tulip Siddiq MP NEC Christine Shawcroft* Jasmin Beckett James Asser Mary Turner CLPs and Regions Cllr Peray Ahmet Natalie Fleet Dr Fiona Twycross AM Simeon Elliott Emma Ann Hardy Cllr Laura Pidcock Kate Purcell Cllr Emma Toal Stephanie Peacock Clare Lally Affiliates Maggie Ryan Callum Munro Lisa Johnson Allana Hoggard Cllr June Nelson Elected Reps Cllr Richard Watts Ian Austin MP Cllr Anne Western * Co-convenor 8 NATIONAL POLICY FORUM REPORT 2017 Early Years, Education and Skills Policy Commission Policy Development The Early Years, Education and Skills Policy Those present in the first session also discussed Commission looks at issues relating to children’s modern childcare, children’s social care and wellbeing, development and care, as well as safeguarding, social mobility, further education, education, training and skills from childhood careers services and apprenticeships. through adulthood. The second seminar which took place on the As we plan our country’s future outside of the Sunday also identified early years and childcare EU it is more essential than ever that we find a as a challenge. There was additional discussion sustainable skills development model and embed of the issues in relation to further education and a culture of reskilling and retraining. The National adult skills and the problems the sector is facing. Policy Forum (NPF) in conjunction with the wider The second session went on to identify that the party is responsible for developing policy in Commission should consider childcare, adult skills this area and others to ensure that our country and children’s social care as its main priorities is preparing children and adults for life in the for the year ahead. There were also discussions modern world. on Ofsted, unpaid internships, Brexit and free school meals. The Commission began its activity this year at a seminar at the 2016 Labour Party Conference. This The newly reconstituted Commission met was attended by the Shadow Education Secretary, for the first time in early February 2017. Co- Angela Rayner, Lord Watson and Gordon Marsden convenor Angela Rayner MP provided an outline MP, who also serve in the Shadow Education team. of the ongoing legislation that was making its NEC member, Jasmin Beckett, gave an overview way through Parliament on further education. of the activities of the Commission from the Mike Kane MP went on to discuss areas within previous year. There was a lively debate amongst schools policy which the shadow frontbench were delegates about various topics within the remit of currently focusing on. These included the teaching education and skills. The topic of university living workforce, school assessment, school structures costs, particularly with regard to accommodation and pedagogy in the early years phase. The was raised, as was Sure Start, school structures Commission had a broad discussion surrounding and children’s social care. Also highlighted were the National Education Service policy that had the ongoing teacher shortage and retention crisis been announced at Labour Annual Conference and the reintroduction of grammar schools that the previous September as one of the Leader’s had recently been announced by the Government. 10 pledges. It was widely agreed that the activity Angela Rayner discussed the campaign that had of the Commission should be based around been launched that week at Conference which developing policy under