The National Policy Forum (NPF) of the

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as part of the Partnership in Power process. A Provisional National Policy Forum had been established by Blair's predecessor, John Smith, in May 1993. The NPF is made up of 204 members representing parliament, European and devolved assemblies, local government,

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s, socialist societies and others, and individual members of the Labour Party, who elect representatives through an all member ballot. The body is responsible for overseeing policy development. It meets two or three weekends a year to discuss in detail documents produced by the policy commissions, of which there are five, jointly set up by the NPF, the Party's National Executive Committee and (under Blair) the Government. It submits three types of documents to

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: pre-decision consultative, final policy documents and an annual report on the work of the policy commissions. There are also policy forums set up for the English regions and for

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, feeding into the National Policy Forum and discussing more local matters. The

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acts as a steering group for the National Policy Forum.

Membership of the National Policy Forum

As of 2018, there were 204 members: Elected, for two year terms: *

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- 55 *

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- 30 *Regional Conferences/Policy Forums - 22 * Local Government Councillors - 10 * Socialist societies - 3 *BAME Labour - 4 *

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- 1 *Members of the

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- 2 * Northern Ireland Labour - 1 * Labour International - 1 * LGBT Labour - 1 * Disabled Members Group - 1 ''Ex officio'': *Welsh Policy Forum officers - 4 *Scottish Policy Forum officers - 4 *Government/Shadow Cabinet - 8 *

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- 2 *General Secretary of the

- 1 * National Executive Committee - 39 ''Non-voting'' * one representative of all otherwise non-represented socialist societies

External links

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National Policy Forum Report 2017Labour's National Policy Forum
Nick Assinder, BBC Talking Politics, 5 June 1998
Results of elections to the National Policy Forum and Conference Arrangements Committee
Labour Party, 2015
2018 Labour Party Rule Book
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