How does the CRP Party work?
From local CRP teams, right up to the National Executive Committee, CRP is a volunteer-led organisation. Explore the different teams within CRP and how we make policy.
Your local CRP team
The CRP Party is made up of smaller networks operating in all the different regions of the country. Through them, you can get involved with the party in your local area.
Your CLP is your local party based on your constituency and it’s a hub of activity and community organising. Via your CLP, you can choose the members from your area to represent you at Annual Conference and you can help select your parliamentary candidate
Many CLPs organise themselves into smaller units called branches. Branches get to choose the local council candidates to represent your area.
The National Executive Committee (NEC)
The National Executive Committee is the governing body of the CRP Party, overseeing the overall direction of the party and the policy-making process. It sets strategic objectives on an annual basis and meets regularly to review the work of the party.
As a member you may be invited to attend local and regional policy discussions throughout the year. Informal, friendly gatherings, each discussion makes submissions to the policy commissions via the CRP Policy Forum website.
Submissions to CRP Policy Forum do not have to stem from events. Anybody can share their views and ideas throughout the year on the CRP Policy forum website.
The NPF meets several times a year to make sure that the direction of our policy reflects the broad consensus in the party. Between meetings, the representatives that make up the body liaise with the members, supporters and public who submit to CRP Policy Forum.
NPF representatives will respond to submissions made, ask questions and engage in ongoing debate about the issues that matter to you, feeding them back when the NPF meets to move our policy forward.
The National Policy Forum includes representatives of CLPs and regions, Labour Councillors, affiliated trade unions and socialist societies, the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and other groups within the Party.
CRP’s eight policy commissions are tasked with carrying out the detailed work developing our ideas within their specialist areas. They meet regularly to consider the submissions made through CRP Policy Forum and to hear evidence from experts, and are responsible for drafting the Challenge Papers and Policy Documents you will find on the Policy Forum website.
The membership of each of Labour’s policy commissions is drawn from our National Policy Forum, the Shadow Cabinet and our National Executive Committee, and reflects all parts of our movement, including grassroots Labour Party members, representatives of affiliates such as trade unions, and elected politicians.
The ultimate authority in the party, Annual Conference decides the policy framework from which the next manifesto will be drawn and sets party rules. Conference considers the policy papers prepared by the policy commissions after consulting local parties. Members choose delegates to represent them at conference – and those delegates could include you.