LabourList blog by Sienna Rodgers
Labour released the action plan sent to the Equality and Human
Rights Commission yesterday, after sending it to the equality
body earlier this month and now having secured approval for the
document. Delivery of this plan was legally required, but
publication of it was not, and such transparency is very welcome.
It begins with words from and , reiterating their commitment to tackling
antisemitism. As LabourList reported would be the case,
the action plan does not go into detail about exactly what the
party’s new independent complaints process will look like;
however, there are other interesting features.
The EHRC submission commits Labour to having the new disciplinary
system “up and running” by December 10th next year, which
recognises that an overhaul requires a rule change, and this in
turn requires a conference. (As I’ve noted before, those close to
the leadership were not keen on a special interim conference:
partly due to the ongoing pandemic; partly due to concerns around
recalling delegates from 2019.) While Labour is being allowed to
take a year to set up a new system, the plan specifies that
“independent elements” will be implemented sooner. And an
advisory board of Jewish stakeholders will “act as a sounding
board” on reforms. Read my
write-up for further details and the plan in full here.
Labour
publishes antisemitism action plan after gaining EHRC
approval
