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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker and Ben Quinn

REVEALED: Labour conference rule changes could stop members debating issues like brexit | Vintage Vibes

Keir Starmer
Last year’s conference overwhelmingly backed a motion calling for proportional representation, an idea ignored by Keir Starmer. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Debates sought by local Labour activists at the party’s future annual conferences could be quashed by the leadership if they are seen as not relevant to current policy platforms, after a series of rule changes passed on Tuesday.

The national executive committee, Labour’s governing body, voted to approve rule changes, including one that requires motions for debate to be deemed “contemporary”.

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