Labour Housing Group North West
We decided to set up a North West Branch after the 2018 Party conference. The North West branch covers Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester,Cheshire, Lancashire, and Cumbria.
Several meetings have taken place this year in Liverpool and Manchester, and we have agreed upon a policy and political education focused branch, which is inclusive and dynamic, seeking to put on events across the region, and set the agenda with great speakers, politically focused discussion and policy basededucation aimed at a variety of audiences, from housing specialists, to the wider membership of the party and affiliates. Members of NW LHG are very active at branch, CLP and Council level while always looking for conversations with organisations of similar socialist values such as Labour Campaign for Council Housing.
We will shortly announce our programme of events for the next few months, including two summer meetings in Greater Manchester, a policy day in Liverpool on October 12th’ , and our first appearance at the NW regional Conference in late November. As an open and inclusive branch we would like members to bring a wide variety of housing topics to the branch, and plenty of ideas to get the conversation started.
One goal of LHG NW is to engage with Labour led councils to see what they are doing to address the housing needs in their area, and what policies have the best impact for them. This information will be shared with other local councils, and also LHG nationally as we try to help create a housing manifesto capable of leading us into government.
Contacts: Ben Clay: cllr.ben.clay@manchester.gov.uk
Gerard Heffey: g.heffey@merseyregeneration.com