Josh Babarinde

Conference Catch-up What a conference that was! It was brilliant to be back in Brighton, surrounded by thousands of members, and getting us fired up for what will be the fight of our lives. Here's some of what I got up to: Opening conference on Saturday alongside Cllr Jay Mercer. Hosting a listening reception for our trans and non-binary members. Presenting the Federal Board report, setting out what we've achieved together since Spring Conference and where we're heading next.

Party Strategy Earlier this month, our further consultation on the draft party strategy concluded, with some very helpful ‘keep, change, add’ feedback provided by members across the country. Thanks to all who contributed! We’re now working on proposing some amendments to the draft strategy to reflect some of this feedback, and have encouraged a number of members who had ideas for amendments to submit them directly to the Federal Conference Committee for debate at Autumn Conference in Brighton.

I’ve been so inspired. Up and down the country, members have been feeding into our “Summer of Strategy”, the process I launched with the Federal Board to draft a new party strategy. We’ve had thousands of contributions so far – thank you! Taking your ideas, workshop discussions, and survey answers, the Federal Board has published the first draft of the party strategy.