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<description><![CDATA[<p>Ann Black is a constituency representative on the National Executive Committee and the National Policy Forum, elected by all members in a ballot every two years.&nbsp; She is also secretary of Oxford East Labour Party and a member of UNISON.&nbsp; She is committed to reporting back to members and to reflecting their views, and always welcomes comments, questions and feedback to <a href="mailto:annblack50@btinternet,com">annblack50@btinternet,com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 26 January 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 26 January 2010   Gordon Brown was still in Northern Ireland, locked in crisis talks, and the NEC hoped that he could safeguard one of Labour&rsquo;s finest achievements.  However we were joined by three key members of the election team.  Deputy leader Harriet Harman warned that the recovery was still fragile.  We must value our footsoldiers, remind voters why they should fear the Tories, and stress fairness, showing how our tax and benefit changes have halted the growth of inequality.  Peter Mandelson focused on the economy, tackling the deficit through growth, staying...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[NEC 17 November 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 17 November 2009   Traditionally the NEC&rsquo;s November meeting holds an in-depth discussion of strategy for the year ahead, but for now the election takes precedence over all else.  Glasgow North East gave us a lift, with an 8,111 majority showing the impact of an excellent local candidate, effective messages and first-class organisation.  Appreciation was expressed to the staff, the unions and the hundreds of volunteers.   Gordon Brown thanked the NEC for their unity, discipline, friendship and support.  He spoke fluently and confidently about the key policies which would win voters...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[NEC September / October 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 22 September 2009   The prime minister spent an hour with the NEC before leaving for the United Nations and G20 talks in America, where he would be pushing for further progress on climate change, development aid and reductions in nuclear weapons.  These were testing times, not for him personally, the government or the party, but for our philosophy and our values.  Faced with the imminent collapse of global banking, the Tories would have stood back and let the markets rip, while Labour acted to support home-buyers, school-leavers and frontline public services, and led...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:29:06 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[NEC 21 July 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 21 July 2009   Gordon Brown paid tribute to all candidates who fought the June elections, and recognised that disunity damaged our vote.  However Labour was dealing effectively with current concerns.  On expenses, parliament was about to approve a new independent system which would draw a line under the past.  On the economic front Labour was looking after young people through thousands of extra apprenticeships and university places, supporting manufacturing, investing in low-carbon high-technology projects such as rail electrification, and protecting public services.  Half a million jobs had been saved, repossessions had...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:06:28 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 19 May 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 19 May 2009   This was originally planned as a short meeting so members could get on with campaigning, but in the wake of recent events it ran for nearly four hours.  Gordon Brown expressed disbelief at the revelations and anger at the damage to the majority of decent hardworking MPs.  No-one could stand for Labour unless they upheld the highest standards of personal integrity and financial probity, and the declaration signed by candidates would be reviewed to make this explicit.  Immediate measures would limit what MPs could claim in future, expenses for...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 09:12:52 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[NEC 24 March 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 24 March 2009   This was a day for the understudies:  deputy leader Harriet Harman spoke on behalf of Gordon Brown, who was on his way to address the European parliament, and I chaired the meeting as Cath Speight was laid up in Wales with a broken ankle.  The whole NEC sent good wishes for a speedy recovery.    We began with the European manifesto, pulled together by the Britain in the World policy commission.  Jim Kennedy, for the unions, proposed supplementing the posted workers directive with domestic laws applying relevant...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:25:38 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[NEC 24 March 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 24 March 2009   This was a day for the understudies:  deputy leader Harriet Harman spoke on behalf of Gordon Brown, who was on his way to address the European parliament, and I chaired the meeting as Cath Speight was laid up in Wales with a broken ankle.  The whole NEC sent good wishes for a speedy recovery.    We began with the European manifesto, pulled together by the Britain in the World policy commission.  Jim Kennedy, for the unions, proposed supplementing the posted workers directive with domestic laws applying relevant...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:25:38 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[NEC 24 March 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Executive Committee, 24 March 2009   This was a day for the understudies:  deputy leader Harriet Harman spoke on behalf of Gordon Brown, who was on his way to address the European parliament, and I chaired the meeting as Cath Speight was laid up in Wales with a broken ankle.  The whole NEC sent good wishes for a speedy recovery.    We began with the European manifesto, pulled together by the Britain in the World policy commission.  Jim Kennedy, for the unions, proposed supplementing the posted workers directive with domestic laws applying relevant...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:25:38 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[National Policy Forum 28 February 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Policy Forum, Bristol, 28 February 2009   The Forum met at Filton College in Bristol, at the heart of British manufacturing, and the Chair Pat McFadden celebrated recent orders from China won by Rolls-Royce and Jaguar Land Rover.  Gordon Brown addressed us in the Olympus Theatre, emphasising our responsibility for seeing the country through testing times.  He would be discussing the economic crisis with president Obama, and looking to co-operate on climate change and on tackling disease and world poverty.  There was no contradiction between growth and environmental stewardship, and green jobs would lead us...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[National Policy Forum 28 February 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[National Policy Forum, Bristol, 28 February 2009   The Forum met at Filton College in Bristol, at the heart of British manufacturing, and the Chair Pat McFadden celebrated recent orders from China won by Rolls-Royce and Jaguar Land Rover.  Gordon Brown addressed us in the Olympus Theatre, emphasising our responsibility for seeing the country through testing times.  He would be discussing the economic crisis with president Obama, and looking to co-operate on climate change and on tackling disease and world poverty.  There was no contradiction between growth and environmental stewardship, and green jobs would lead us...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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