Churchill/KNNK 2 contains:
1	Labour Party: general
2	Policy Review
3	National Executive Committee
4	Labour Party Conferences
5	Militant

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The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Title	Labour Party: general
Reference	KNNK 2/1
Covering Dates	1947–1992 (The majority of folios date from 1983-1992.)
Extent and Medium	42.5 archive boxes

Content and context

Papers on general strategy, policy formation and the modernisation and reorganisation of Labour, including: NK's election as party leader; the organisation of his office, Shadow Cabinet and the party as a whole; party reform, particularly on selection and reselection of Parliamentary candidates and OMOV [one member one vote]; strategy and campaigning, including meetings of the Campaign Strategy Committee and Campaign Directorate, party political broadcast strategy, papers of the Shadow Communications Agency and polling.

Churchill/KNNK 2/1 contains:

Labour Party Commission of Enquiry Report into party finances and organisation.
1 file.

1980

Campaign for Labour Party Democracy. General campaign papers, agendas, newsletters, correspondence etc and correspondence between NK and the Rank and File Mobilising Committee for Labour Democracy and Labour Liaison on party elections.
1 file.

Jun 1980-Feb 1982

Letters of congratulations on NK's election to the Shadow Cabinet.
1 file.

Nov 1980-Dec 1980

History. Correspondence, statements and papers on subjects including: Tony Benn's Deputy Leadership bid; Labour's reaction to the Falklands War; action against Militant; reform of the party electoral system, particularly the election of the party leader and the reselection process.
2 files.

Jun 1979-Jun 1984

Deputy leadership letters: A, pro NK and supportive. Mainly letters from the general public.
1 file.

Jun 1981-Oct 1981

Deputy leadership letters: B, pro Benn and abusive. Mainly letters from the general public.
1 file.

Sep 1981-Oct 1981

Labour leadership election: NK's statement of views. Includes rough draft and summary.
1 file.

c Jun 1983-Jul 1983

Labour leadership election: candidates. Election statements by NK, Peter Shore, Roy Hattersley, and Eric Heffer. Also includes election guidelines, press-cuttings and some correspondence.
1 file.

Jun 1983-Jul 1983

Labour leadership election: campaign material. Includes: draft of NK's message to members of NUPE [National Union of Public Employees]; draft of NK's statement of views; master copies of letters to MPs, Unions and Labour constituencies.
1 file.

Jun 1983-Jul 1983

Labour leadership election: letters of support. Letters from members of the public.
1 file.

Jun 1983

Labour leadership election: campaign correspondence. Correspondence with constituency parties, other affiliated organisations, MPs, unions and the Labour Party, with press statements and publicity. Includes letters of support from David Marshall and Jeremy Bray.
2 files.

Jun 1983-Oct 1983

Labour leadership election: campaign correspondence. Letters of support from correspondents including: Denis MacShane; Richard Bourne; George Galloway; Robin Cook. Also includes: press cuttings; campaign statements from NK and the other candidates; papers on campaign events; a memorandum from Nigel Stanley and Peter Hain on NK's strategy; voting figures.
1 file.

Jun 1983-Nov 1983

Labour leadership election: letters of thanks and accounts.
1 file.

Jun 1983-Sep 1983

Labour leadership election: polling and ballot results.
1 file.

Jul 1983

Labour leadership election: analysis of vote.
1 file.

Jul 1983

Labour leadership election: analysis of vote.
1 file.

Jul 1983

Labour leadership election: press articles.
1 file.

Sep 1983-Oct 1983

Labour leadership election: press articles.
1 file.

Oct 1983

Labour leadership election: letters of congratulation. Correspondents include: Lord Pitt of Hampstead; Lord Boothby; Lord Taylor of Mansfield; Lord Ennals; Terry Waite; Greville Janner; Lord Heycock; Nigel Rees. [Noted on file cover: "replies by card"].
2 files.

Oct 1983-Nov 1983

General Election analysis. Includes: a memorandum from Nigel Stanley and Peter Hain on NK's leadership campaign strategy; General Election post mortems by Geoff Bish, TULV [Trade Unions for Labour Victory], Gwyneth Dunwoody [Parliamentary Campaign Coordinator], Denis Healey, Denis Howell, Sam McCluskie, Shirley Summerskill, various Labour Party regions and James Mortimer, General Secretary; notes on party recruitment, polling needs and party organisation, particularly from Jeremy Bray, Ray Green, Chris Powell and Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) Limited.
2 files.

Jun 1983-Sep 1983

Office and Labour Party organisation. Correspondence with individuals including Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] and Frank Dobson on the organisation of NK's office, and National Executive Committee papers on the organisation of the Labour Party as a whole, particularly constituency parties. Also includes results from the leadership election campaign.
1 file.

Jul 1983-Sep 1983

Office organisation. Memoranda by Charles Clarke [Head of NK's office] on the establishment and organisation of NK's office and more general strategy, in 1983, 1985, and for the periods leading up to the 1987 and 1992 General Elections. Also includes a job description for Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary].
1 file.

Sep 1983-Apr 1989

Labour Policy and Organisation. Includes: proposals by the Gower Street Group; report on party organisation by the Labour co-ordinating committee; paper by Charles Clarke [Head of NK's office] on party organisation.
1 file.

Oct 1983

Office and campaign organisation. Includes: papers on the organisation of NK's office and division of responsibilities; analysis of correspondence; note on the organisation of campaigning, policy and research; outline for 1984-85; team meetings; notes from NK's visit to the United States in 1984; note on polling strategy; evaluation of speeches by NK; outline for late 1983; note for NK's speech at a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally; notes on Prime Minister's Questions.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Oct 1984

Party Re-Organisation. Includes: note on selection and reselection, 1985; note on an interview by Arthur Scargill [President, National Union of Mineworkers] and a dispute over trade union law; report of the review committee on head office organisation; memoranda by Charles Clarke [Head of NK's office] on the appointment of a new General Secretary and party organisation (duplicate of item in 2/1/23); memoranda by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] on Labour's performance in Parliament, party organisation and rebuilding.
1 file.

Jul 1983-Oct 1985

Shadow Cabinet. Includes: lists of front bench spokesmen and Labour life peerages; letter from Jack Straw on poor attendance in the House of Commons; notes on financial aid to opposition parties; details of posts and individuals; salaries, statements of appointments etc.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Nov 1986

Shadow Cabinet biographies. Includes photograph of the Shadow Cabinet, 1985.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Mar 1986

Making Conference work. Memoranda on the need to reorganise the policy-making framework and redesign the procedures of the party conference.
1 file.

Nov 1983-Feb 1989

Campaign Strategy Committee. Briefing notes, agendas, reports etc on campaign and election strategy, also including a membership recruitment pack.
1 file.

Nov 1983-Mar 1987

National Political Education Advisory Panel. Minutes of meetings, papers etc.
1 file.

Nov 1983-Apr 1985

Public Relations. Correspondence on Labour Party publicity, including party political broadcasts, NK's image, NK's regional visits and policy pamphlets, particularly relating to ethnic minorities. Correspondents include: Stephen Kelly; Ian Martin, General Secretary of the Fabian Society; Peter Mandelson; Denis MacShane, Policy Director of the International Metalworkers Federation.
1 file.

Mar 1983-Mar 1986

Party Political Broadcasts: strategy. Notes on strategy, correspondence, and memoranda by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] and John Gau (John Gau Productions).
1 file.

Oct 1983-Nov 1983

Party Political Broadcasts: correspondence. Correspondence, and memoranda by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary], Vincent Hanna and John Gau (John Gau Productions) on broadcast strategy.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Mar 1986

Party Political Broadcasts: general correspondence. Correspondence on offers of help, general comments and broadcasting arrangements, with correspondence particularly between Derek Foster, Labour Chief Whip, the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority, and also between Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, and Alfred Dubs.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Nov 1986

Party Political Broadcasts: strategy. Includes examples of Liberal and Social Democrat broadcasts and synopses and strategy for Labour broadcasts, with correspondents including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, representatives of the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority and John Gau (John Gau Productions).
1 file.

Nov 1985-Nov 1986

Party Political Broadcast Group: correspondence and strategy. Includes notes on strategy by John Gau (John Gau Productions), memoranda from Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary and Nick Grant, Director of Publicity and minutes of the Party Political Broadcast Group.
1 file.

Nov 1983-Dec 1984

Party Political Broadcasts: correspondence. Correspondents include John Gau (John Gau Productions), representatives of the BBC and Michael Wolff, also including annotated transcripts and synopses and lyrics for a song by Billy Bragg.
1 file.

Dec 1982-Jun 1986

Party Political Broadcasts: transcripts. Transcripts of Labour broadcasts.
1 file.

Dec 1982-Feb 1986

Party Political Broadcast Group: strategy and transcripts. Transcripts of Labour broadcasts, with synopses and notes from meetings of the group and memoranda on strategy by John Gau (John Gau Productions).
1 file.

Aug 1984-May 1986

Party Political Broadcasts: transcripts. Transcripts of broadcasts by the Conservatives, Social Democrats and Liberals, with drafts of a Labour broadcast on law and order.
1 file.

Apr 1984-Mar 1986

Labour Weekly. Includes: issues of the newspaper; draft articles; statements by NK; press office comments; correspondence.
2 files.

Dec 1983-Jan 1987

Arts for Labour. Includes: script of Arts for Labour information film "Striking Home" for Labour Party canvassers; newsletters; correspondence; memoranda between Peter Mandelson [Director of Campaigns and Communications] and others on the organisation of Arts for Labour; a membership list.
1 file.

Feb 1984-c 1988

Team Meetings: Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary]. Minutes and notes of NK's team meetings, strategy meetings and papers on team organisation, particularly on the press office, NK's diary, visits, speeches and responsibilities in the office.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Jun 1985

Team Meetings: Hilary Coffman [press officer]. Includes minutes of team meetings, Jan-June 1985, press cuttings on NK's "Kitchen Cabinet", notes on office responsibilities, target seats, NK's national tour and major speeches and articles.
1 file.

May 1984-Feb 1986

Campaign Strategy Committee. Reports on opinion surveys and campaigning, including: a paper by David Blunkett on the role of the committee; a chapter by Geoff Hodgson on public attitudes to nationalisation; a paper by Richard Heller on how to campaign; a paper by Michael Mann on the effects of social trends.
1 file.

Oct 1983-May 1984

Labour Party: general information. Press releases with party information, committee membership lists, conference details, contacts etc, and the record of votes for the National Executive Committee elections, 1984.
1 file.

1983-Oct 1985

Nominations of NK for Labour Leader. Nominations from Constituency Labour Parties, Parliamentary Labour Parties, Unions and Affiliated Organisations.
1 file.

May 1984-Jul 1984

Greater London Council: London against racism campaign pack. Also includes publicity material from other campaigns.
1 file.

Feb 1984-Mar 1984

London Labour Briefing. Issues of a Labour publication on the abolition of the Greater London Council, the miners' strike and the printers' dispute at Wapping.
1 file.

Mar 1984-Mar 1986

Opinion polls on the abolition of the Greater London Council.
1 file.

Aug 1984-Apr 1985

London Labour. Includes: a letter from Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] on the damaging effect of "the loony left" in London; reports by Gerry Ross, Assistant Whip, and Ken Livingstone, leader of the Greater London Council, on ratecapping in London.
1 file.

Apr 1985-Apr 1987

Campaign For Labour Party Democracy. Includes minutes, mailings and newsletters from the Labour Party pressure group.
1 file.

Apr 1984-Jun 1985

Labour Co-ordinating Committee. Includes newsletters, mailings, manifestos for National Executive Committee elections and a publication on Labour and mass politics from the Labour Party pressure group.
1 file.

1981-c Sep 1985

Black Sections working party. Reports and memoranda of the working party on minorities and positive discrimination within Labour. Also includes press-cuttings, correspondence with members of the working party, and a paper on "The Black Vote".
1 file.

Dec 1983-Sep 1985

Reselection. Papers on extending the franchise for the selection and reselection of MPs (one member one vote, OMOV). Includes: memoranda by Charles Clarke [Head of NK's office] and Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary]; extracts from speeches by NK; notes from the Review of Reviews Committee; drafts of proposed rule changes for constituency parties; issue of Tribune criticising the changes.
1 file.

Jun 1984-Jun 1987

Reselection. Papers on extending the franchise for the selection and reselection of MPs (one member one vote, OMOV). Includes: memoranda by Charles Clarke [Head of NK's office]; extracts from speeches by NK; figures from selection conferences; correspondence with individuals including Ron Todd, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, Lord Irvine, Larry Whitty, General Secretary of the Labour Party, Max Madden, Norman Buchan, Ian Mikardo, David Winnick and Derek Fatchett; draft amendments to the Labour constitution; papers from the National Executive Committee; papers from the Labour Co-ordinating Committee; transcript of a BBC Panorama interview with Tony Benn, Denis Healey and John Silkin (1981).
1 file.

Sep 1981-Jul 1987

Fundraising. Includes: publicity material for various appeals; reports and memoranda for the Finance Committee.
1 file.

Sep 1984-Mar 1986

General papers. Includes: report by Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on the American elections; transcript of a Weekend World programme on Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union; report on the Democratic convention; note for a National Executive Committee meeting on repealing anti-union legislation; agenda and minutes for Parliamentary party meetings; statement by the Attorney General on the sequestration of National Union of Mineworkers funds; papers on a dispute between the National Union of Journalists and the party headquarters; statement by Michael Cocks, Labour's Chief Whip, denying that he was leaving the party; notes by Roger Ward on changes needed in party organisation, supporting his application for the General Secretaryship; press releases.
1 file.

Aug 1984-Jan 1985

Statement of Principles Committee. Papers of the committee on the principles of Democratic Socialism, and source material including: various Fabian Society pamphlets; statements of principles by other Socialist parties; a reprint of a speech by Harold Wilson, on Labour's plan for science (1963); "Why vote Labour?" by NK, Nick Butler and Toby Harris (1979); "Socialism with a human face" by Denis Healey (1981); "My kind of Socialism" by Michael Foot (1982); papers by Geoff Hodgson on Labour's long term aims and deteriorating prospect; a paper by Jack Straw on Labour's constitution in relation to Militant.
1 file.

May 1960-Feb 1985

The Case for Democratic Socialism. Draft paper by Geoff Hodgson, also including a copy of a paper on the Socialist case against Trotskyism, a paper by Nigel Stanley on Labour, Leninism and Trotskyism and earlier pamphlets on Labour, Militant and Trotskyism.
1 file.

Dec 1984

Jobs and Industry Campaign. Correspondence, notes and cuttings on campaign publicity.
1 file.

Oct 1984-Sep 1985

Jobs and Industry Campaign. Correspondence with Labour Movement Services on public relations for various Labour events, mainly the Jobs and Industry campaign.
1 file.

Dec 1984-Jun 1985

Jobs and Industry Campaign. Campaign papers and drafts of the campaign documents, including: policies for youth and women; text for leaflets; video scripts; plans for the campaign pack; suggestions for visits and using the media; unemployment figures; correspondence with Lynne Franks Limited on publicity; papers of the Jobs and Industry Campaign Group.
1 file.

Dec 1984-Jun 1985

Jobs and Industry Campaign. Presentation by Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) to the Jobs and Industry Campaign committee on attitudes towards language and themes used in the campaign.
1 file.

Sep 1985

Jobs and Industry Campaign. Includes: drafts and final version from the campaign pack; memorandum from Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and draft texts of Party of Production speeches [see KNNK 6/1]; arrangements for the Jarrow '86 tour; minutes of the Jobs and Industry Campaign committee.
2 files.

Apr 1985-Mar 1986

Campaign Directorate. Memoranda and minutes on strategy for campaigns, mainly by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, and also Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] and Philip Gould, including: communications; women's seminars; the Defence Campaign; the Caring Community and Personal Freedom campaign; the Jobs and Industry Campaign. Also includes: minutes of the Campaign Strategy Committee; correspondence including a letter from Robin Cook, Campaigns Co-ordinator, on his difficulties in working with Mandelson; a report on the Brecon and Radnor by-election; minutes of the joint policy committees on crime and policing and on women.
1 file.

Jul 1984-Feb 1986

Campaign Strategy Committee. Memoranda and minutes on strategy for campaigns, including: the Social Policy Campaign; the Defence Campaign; the Caring Community and Personal Freedom campaign; Freedom and Fairness; housing and the local elections; the Jobs and Industry Campaign. Also includes a memorandum on proposed public relations activities by Lynne Franks Limited, a report on the Brecon and Radnor by-election, a paper on the decline of class politics and a paper on the presentation of Labour's approach to suburban England.
1 file.

Jan 1985-Nov 1985

Meeting of Trustees of the Financial Aid to Opposition Parties. Includes notes by NK for speech on an increase in funding.
1 file.

Feb 1985

Nominations of NK for Labour Leader. Nominations from Constituency Labour Parties, Parliamentary Labour Parties, Unions and Affiliated Organisations.
1 file.

Apr 1985-Jul 1985

Tony Benn and the Labour Campaign Group. Correspondence and papers on the direction of the group and the left wing of the party, including: memoranda by Benn and Eric Heffer on rethinking foreign policy, the direction of the party, head office organisation, the policy programme for 1986, the case for closing all American military bases in Britain and party discipline; a letter from Benn suggesting a Motion of Censure against the Government to allow a full debate on the Miners' Strike.
1 file.

Sep 1981-Feb 1987

Shadow Communications Agency. Reports on communications strategy, including: a note of meetings with Bryan Gould, Colin Fisher and Deborah Mattinson; reports on developing strategies aimed at young adults, youths and women aged 25-44.
1 file.

Oct 1985-Nov 1985

Shadow Communications Agency. Includes: memoranda by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary], Robin Cook [Campaigns Co-ordinator] and Philip Gould on communications strategy; correspondence with Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); a communications review by Philip Gould Associates; papers relating to the establishment and terms of reference of the agency; minutes of meetings; summary of work in progress, March 1986; research debrief. (2 files).
2 files.

Jul 1984-Oct 1986

Campaign Directorate and Campaign Strategy Committee Committee. Minutes and memoranda, mainly by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and also Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on strategy for campaigns, including: general strategy for 1987; the Jobs and Industry Campaign; the Freedom and Fairness Campaign; local elections and by-elections, including the West Derbyshire by-election; Labour and young people; international and defence policies; the Social Policy Campaign.
1 file.

Jan 1986-Dec 1986

Nominations of NK for Labour Leader. Nominations from Constituency Labour Parties, Parliamentary Labour Parties, Unions and Affiliated Organisations.
1 file.

Mar 1986-Jan 1987

Labour and the Future of Work. Research project proposal by Peter Ashby, with earlier outline by Charles Clarke [Head of NK's office].
1 file.

Apr 1983-Apr 1986

Advance note on meeting with Chief Whip. Briefing on meeting with John Wakeham, Government Chief Whip, on the costs of security at party conferences and honours after the 1987 General Election.
1 file.

Jul 1986

Policy proposals. Reports by members of the Shadow Cabinet on policy proposals and their projected costs, including: Denzil Davies on defence; [Giles Radice] on education; Stan Orme on energy; John Prescott on employment; Michael Meacher on social security; [George Foulkes] on foreign affairs; Roy Hattersley on home affairs; Robert Hughes on transport; John Smith on trade and industry; Donald Dewar on Scotland; Barry Jones on Wales; Peter Archer on Northern Ireland; Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] on getting Labour's message across; Jack Straw on public spending in general. Also includes notes on the organisation of the Parliamentary party and the role of the Shadow Cabinet and a briefing for a special meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on strategy, at Bishops Stortford [Hertfordshire], July 1986.
1 file.

Oct 1985-Sep 1986

Copy of the new Conservative campaign handbook.
1 file.

Jul 1986

Knowsley North. Papers and correspondence on a National Executive Committee inquiry into the Knowsley [Merseyside] constituency party over the selection of Leslie Huckfield as a new candidate following the resignation of Robert Kilroy-Silk as MP.
1 file.

Aug 1986-Apr 1987

The Labour Party: Our Values and our Goals. Drafts of paper by Bernard Crick, with correspondence and historic quotations on socialism.
1 file.

Apr 1986-May 1986

Policy Directorate: Labour Party Aims and Values. Includes: paper by David Blunkett and Bernard Crick for the National Executive Committee and Shadow Cabinet on Labour's values and aims; paper by Tony Benn for the National Executive Committee and Shadow Cabinet on an agenda for Labour; draft paper by Bernard Crick, "The Labour Party: Our Values and Objectives", with related correspondence.
1 file.

Oct 1986-Feb 1988

Labour and Women. Includes: printed papers; speech notes; press releases; papers from the Labour Listens to Women and Labour's Agenda for Women campaigns; minutes of the Women's Caucus; correspondence with Jo Richardson, Labour spokesperson on women's rights; notes on the impact on women from Labour's policies; source material; papers on Labour's Ministry for Women, including the transcript of an interview with Jo Richardson from BBC's A Week in Politics; Parliamentary questions by Jo Richardson on measures for women implemented by the Conservatives; paper by Harriet Harman on childcare priorities.
2 files.

Nov 1986-Mar 1988

National Conference of Labour Women. Agenda and biographical information on nominees for the conference arrangements committee.
1 file.

Apr 1987-May 1987

Red Wedge. Includes: correspondence with Red Wedge [pop stars who campaigned for Labour in the 1980s, arising from the Arts for Labour scheme]; briefing notes for NK's meetings with them; schedule for launch of their 1987 Move On Up campaign tour; issues of Well Red and Red magazines. Also includes text of a Yes Minister sketch with Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] and a memorandum on youth strategy.
1 file.

Jan 1986-Jan 1990

Parliamentary party correspondence and meetings. Includes: briefing notes for a Shadow Cabinet and National Executive Committee meeting on preparations for the General Election; correspondence with Dale Campbell-Savours on voting to reform the Official Secrets Act; memorandum on publication of parliamentary debates; correspondence with Graham Allen on reviewing the role and structure of the parliamentary party; letter from Renée Short on the need for a debate on the Medical Research Council; parliamentary party standing orders.
1 file.

Jan 1987-Jun 1988

Notes on Margaret Thatcher. Handwritten text [by Richard Clements, Executive Officer to NK] on Thatcher's intention to "eradicate socialism", including Conservative "wets". Also includes note on strategy for dealing with Thatcher's visit to Moscow [Soviet Union].
1 file.

Mar 1987

Black Sections and Sharon Atkin. Notes and correspondence on Atkin's replacement as candidate for Nottingham East, following her attendance at meetings of the Labour Party Black Sections and remarks about racism in the Labour Party.
1 file.

Mar 1987-May 1987

Polls: NK and leadership qualities. Memorandum from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) on NK's leadership qualities, with note by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary].
1 file.

Dec 1985

Polls: leaders of opposition. Cuttings on Margaret Thatcher, polls on NK's leadership qualities and transcripts from discussion groups.
1 file.

1963-Dec 1986

Polls: trade unionist surveys. Polls on Labour's share of the union vote, with memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI).
1 file.

Feb 1985-Dec 19875

Polls: young voter surveys. Includes memorandum from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI).
1 file.

Sep 1986-Mar 1987

Polls: target audience group. Includes: report on the contribution of area demographics to political targeting; notes on target groups; figures on Labour's success in target seats; profile reports; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on the gender gap, the middle classes and skilled working classes.
1 file.

Jul 1984-Jul 1986

Polls: Prime Ministerial qualities. Includes: presentation to NK on leadership and political leaders; lists of terms and phrases used by NK in speeches; reports on NK's and his predecessor Michael Foot's profiles; views on all the party leaders; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on Prime Ministerial qualities.
1 file.

Nov 1983-Sep 1986

Polls: local elections. Includes: Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) poll on local election communications; results for local by-elections, 1981-85; information on the Scottish local and European elections, 1984; memorandum by David Cowling on the results of the 1985 local elections.
1 file.

Feb 1984-Nov 1985

Polls: qualitative research. Includes: post-election research, 1987; research by Philip Gould and Associates Limited on attitudes of non-Labour voters towards politics, the attitudes of the affluent working class and social attitudes; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, on marginals' voting intentions; surveys of opinion in London, particularly among women; memorandum by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] on defining Labour's target audiences; poll on the role of the Greater London Council in regenerating London's economy.
1 file.

Apr 1985-Feb 1988

Polls: Britain and Labour in the 1990s. Includes: analysis of attitudes to political parties and issues; post-election research.
1 file.

Aug 1987-Nov 1987

Polls: pre-election research. Includes: surveys among the membership of EEPTU [Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union]; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on public attitudes to defence and disarmament, and voting intentions among black adults; memorandum from Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, and poll by Weekend World, on marginals' voting intentions; transcripts of a Weekend World interview with Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, on whether Labour could win the 1987 General Election, and of a programme on the mood of the nation in 1985; post-European election poll, 1984.
1 file.

Jun 1984-Mar 1987

Polls: post-election research. Includes: records of voting intention, 1988; Gallup political surveys; proposal for research into attitudes towards taxation and notes on economic issues in the election campaign; proposal by Michael Meacher for a study into perceptions of Labour in the South or Midlands; notes from the Daily Mirror election newsdesk on why Labour lost the election.
1 file.

May 1987-Oct 1988

Polls: post-election research (2 files). IFF poll on reasons for not voting Labour [note, some early pages missing].
2 files.

c Jul 1987

100

Polls: pre-election research. Includes: papers from meetings of the Polling Group, including polling summaries, notes of polling requirements, and aggregate analyses by Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); polling data; Campaign Strategy Committee evaluation of the 1984 European Elections campaign.
2 files.

Jun 1984-Jul 1988

101

Polls: post-election research. Includes: summary of quantitative data for the Policy Review on how voters see politics and their values and attitudes; average percentages of the vote among the political parties; correspondence between Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited, and Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications on a rift between Labour and MORI.
1 file.

Jan 1988-Sep 1988

102

Polls: pre-election research. Includes: summary of Transport and General Workers Union poll of young people; memorandum on the use of telephone polls in the 1983 General Election campaign; correspondence between the Liberal Party and Market Research Society on the press presentation of poll results during the Brecon and Radnor by-election; pack from Market Research Society presentation on the relevance of market research to public affairs.
1 file.

Feb 1985-Mar 1987

103

Polls: panel baseline survey. Includes: results of and draft questions for Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) polls of voters who had been surveyed previously; draft proposals for a national panel survey.
1 file.

Jan 1984-Jan 1987

104

Polls: Polling Group. Includes: minutes and rough notes of group meetings; draft questions for baseline surveys; memoranda from individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); analysis of local election results, 1986; papers on Labour's polling tasks, 1985-86 and 1986-87 and polling research proposals; reports of the group to the Campaign Strategy Committee.
1 file.

Jun 1984-Jan 1987

105

Polls: Polling Group. Includes: memoranda on polling research; minutes and rough notes of group meetings; memoranda from individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary]; note on producing a monthly digest of polls; research proposals for the 1987 General Election.
1 file.

Jan 1984-Apr 1987

106

Correspondence with Robert Worcester. Correspondence between NK, Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and briefings for meetings with Worcester, on the worsening relations between MORI and Labour.
1 file.

Jan 1988-Feb 1989

107

Shadow Cabinet Elections. Papers and correspondence on Front Bench appointments, with correspondents including: Harry Ewing, asking to be spared Front Bench duties; Donald Anderson, on his wish to remain foreign affairs spokesman; Barry Jones on his wish to return to the backbenches; Robert Wareing, suggesting a Ministry for disabled people; Stuart Bell on the need for an MP for Middlesbrough, and calling for an enquiry into the Cleveland child abuse case (2); John Layden, Chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, on keeping Jack Cunningham as a spokesman on local government issues. Also includes: reports on earlier elections of the Parliamentary Committee; notes on a possible order of action for making appointments; a letter from Julius Nyerere, former President of Tanzania, sympathising with NK on the loss of the General Election.
1 file.

Jun 1987-Jul 1987

108

Shadow Cabinet papers and correspondence on Front Bench appointments. Correspondents include: John Morris on finding law officers for a Labour Government; Andrew Bennett on remaining education spokesman; Roy Hughes, regretting that Barry Jones had not been elected to the Shadow Cabinet; Clare Short, suggesting Clive Soley as Northern Ireland spokesman; John Garrett; David Clark on his agricultural and rural affairs portfolio (2); Roy Hattersley. Also includes: note on the establishment of an Economic Sub-Committee; note on picking a science and technology spokesman; lists of junior Front Bench candidates; notes on splits of Front Bench responsibilities.
1 file.

Jun 1987-Jul 1987

109

Shadow Cabinet meeting, Rottingdean. Notes and papers [?] mainly from a meeting at Rottingdean [Sussex], Oct 1987, including: note by Jo Richardson [spokesperson on women's rights] on the party's male image; rough notes on the party's economic review; note by Frank Dobson [campaign co-ordinator] on campaigning for 1987-88; rough notes on business for the forthcoming parliamentary session; notes on the Labour Listens campaign; memorandum by NK on the role of the Shadow Cabinet in the Policy Review and in campaign strategy; paper by [Lawrence] Tom Sawyer, Chairman of the Home Policy Committee, on an approach to policy making; text of NK's statement to Conference, 1987.
1 file.

Sep 1987-Oct 1987

110

Foundation of Institute for Policy Research. Papers on the foundation of the Institute as an independent think-tank. Also includes: a letter from [Jeremy] Paddy Ashdown [leader of the Liberal Democrats] to Baroness Blackstone, Chair of the Institute's trustees, on possibly working with the Institute; briefings for meetings between NK and Ron Todd [General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, TGWU], Anthony Christopher and Norman Willis [General Secretary, Trades Union Congress].
1 file.

Oct 1987-Jul 1988

111

Labour Listens. Minutes and papers from meetings of the campaign group, including the campaign launch and schedule, strategy notes and a campaign pack on the Poll Tax.
2 files.

Nov 1987-Mar 1988

112

Memorandum on missed opportunities. Analysis of items and themes from Oct-Dec 1987 which had not been fully exploited, on subjects including: transport; education; defence; health; science; foreign affairs; home affairs; energy; the environment; housing; the economy.
1 file.

Dec 1987

113

General papers. Minutes of a Parliamentary Committee meeting on subjects including the retrial of the Birmingham Six and the Stalker affair [John Stalker's investigation into the alleged 'shoot to kill' policy of security forces in Northern Ireland]. Also includes note by Tony Benn for the National Executive Committee and Shadow Cabinet on the aims and objectives of the Labour Party.
1 file.

Feb 1988

114

Leader's receptions. Notes, briefings and correspondence on a series of regional receptions attended by NK, particularly those held at Newcastle (North West region), Loughborough [Leicestershire] (East Midlands region), Bristol (South West region) and [? Dover, Kent, Southern region]. Includes papers on the local election campaign, a union dispute with P and O Ferries (Dover) Limited and notes for NK's speech at the opening of Beatrice Webb House, Ruskin College.
1 file.

Feb 1988-May 1988

115

1988 Leadership and deputy leadership elections. Correspondence and papers on the challenge to NK for leadership of the party from Tony Benn and Eric Heffer. Correspondents include: Stanley Clinton Davis; Philip Kelly, Editor of Tribune; Sam McCluskie, General Secretary, National Union of Seamen, on his support for John Prescott; Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications; Frank Cook; Nick Brown; Allan Roberts; [Lawrence] Tom Sawyer, Deputy General Secretary, National Union of Public Employees (NUPE); Ron Todd, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU). Also includes: statements from John Prescott on standing for the deputy leadership and notes of a telephone call between him and NK; notes of a meeting between Charles Clarke [Head of NK's office], Robin Cook and John Smith, Joint Chairmen of NK's campaign; constituency voting figures; memorandum by Clarke on NK's campaign; draft speech notes; note from Mandelson on the deputy leadership campaign; rough notes from a Shadow Cabinet meeting, July 1988.
2 files.

Nov 1987-Oct 1988

116

1988 Leadership and deputy leadership elections: ballot results.
1 file.

[Oct] 1988

117

Denzil Davies's resignation from Shadow Cabinet. Correspondence between Davies, spokesman on defence and disarmament and NK on Davies's resignation over defence policy.
1 file.

Jun 1988

118

Communications and press brief. Memoranda from Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, on communications and election strategy.
1 file.

Jul 1988-Nov 1988

119

Campaign strategy. Includes: speech notes responding to the Budget and memoranda [? for the Shadow Cabinet] on the political situation and future strategy, and a review of the situation, 13 months after the 1987 General Election; memorandum "Plan for the leader" [?by Charles Clarke, Head of NK's office] on strategy for autumn 1988 and 1989; draft letter from NK to Ron Todd, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) on Black Sections and Labour's policy on ethnic minorities; brief for a meeting with local government and NUPE [National Union of Public Employees] officials on Labour's local government policies.
1 file.

c Jul 1988-c Oct 1988

120

Birmingham Labour Party. Correspondence and papers on difficulties between the Birmingham Labour Group and the City Party, with correspondents including Roy Hattersley [Deputy Leader] and Richard Knowles, leader of Birmingham City Council.
1 file.

Sep 1988-Nov 1988

121

Shadow Cabinet appointments. Correspondents include: John Smith; Martin O'Neill, defence spokesman, on finding another member for his team; David Clark, food, agriculture and rural affairs spokesman, on finding another member for his team and adding environmental protection to his brief (2); Jack Straw [education spokesman] on responsibility for science policy; Roy Hattersley [Deputy Leader] on various appointments; [?] [Winifred] Ann Taylor; Barry Sheerman, offering to continue as employment spokesman; Joan Lestor, overseas aid and development co-operation spokesperson, on doing more with children and young people. Also includes brief for a meeting with the regional campaign team.
1 file.

Nov 1988

122

Shadow Cabinet meeting, Rottingdean. Notes from a meeting held at Rottingdean [Sussex] on the campaign framework for 1989, including: the Quality of Life theme; appealing to women voters; the loss of the Govan by-election [Glasgow, Scotland]; public spending; Labour's economic campaign; environmental policy.
1 file.

Nov 1988

123

Campaign strategy, 1988-89. Summary of campaigning, including: lists of articles in regional press and regional television and media to be targeted; minutes of a meeting of the Organisation Sub-Committee; a membership campaign pack; notes on the Vale of Glamorgan pre-election campaign; reports on Pontypridd and Richmond by-elections.
1 file.

[Nov] 1988-Mar 1989

124

General papers. Briefings, committee papers etc on subjects including: front bench appointments and departmental responsibilities; the performance of the campaign group; the Labour Party in Liverpool; reform of Conference; the Shadow Cabinet meeting at Rottingdean [Sussex]; raising the profile of science; an investigation into the Southwark and Bermondsey constituency party; NK's meetings with the MEP Enrique Baron, the Tribune Group and Wim Kok [leader of the Dutch Labour Party]; the Parliamentary black caucus; Britain's attitude at the United Nations on terrorism; reaction to Mikhail Gorbachev's speech at the UN on disarmament; programme for NK's visit to Northern Ireland; the Productive Economy and People at Work Policy Review groups; the memorial service for Bernt Carlsson.
1 file.

Nov 1988-Feb 1989

125

Briefings. Subjects include: the regulation of public utilities; the Queen's Speech debate, on social security and welfare; procedures for the 1989 Conference.
1 file.

Nov 1988-Feb 1989

126

Campaign strategy. Includes: memoranda by Frank Dobson [Party Campaign Co-ordinator] on strategy and priorities; summary of the economic campaign; Shadow Communications Agency paper on strategy considerations for 1989.
1 file.

Nov 1988-Feb 1989

127

Speech Group. Minutes of meetings and texts, including papers on speech strategy, notes on a speech on defence policy, summaries of campaign speeches in Cardiff [Wales] and for the Pontypridd by-election, and the text of the Pontypridd speech.
1 file.

Jan 1989-Mar 1989

128

General papers. Includes: brief and agenda for campaign management team meeting; note on the campaigning framework for 1989; proposed changes to the Conference voting system and Trades Union Congress proposals on the minimum wage; question and answer brief on the Poll Tax; note on black and Asian organisation within Labour; briefs for meetings with the Whips, the Tribune Group, MPs and junior Front Bench spokesmen; paper on alternative voting systems; papers on a New Socialist conference; congratulations on NK's speech in a food safety debate, from [Bruce] Bernard Weatherill, Speaker, Denis Healey and Keith Bradley; notes from a Parliamentary Committee meeting on the European election campaign; note on the filing system kept by Patricia Hewitt [Policy Co-ordinator to NK]; recommendations for ballotting of constituency party members; note from John Eatwell [Economic adviser to NK] on a contact group meeting on European Monetary Union; memorandum on Socialist International's new declaration of principles.
1 file.

Jan 1989-Feb 1989

129

Meetings with Labour Peers. Includes rough notes of NK's meeting with the peers, brief for a speech by NK to the peers and reports of meetings of Labour peers.
1 file.

Jan 1989-Feb 1989

130

General papers. Includes: memorandum by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, on campaign co-ordination; statement by the Shadow Chancellor [John Smith] to the Shadow Cabinet on justice for the low paid; reports from a meeting with the campaign management team; post-Budget briefing; notes on aims for the Parliamentary party; message from Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organisation, for Conference; applications for the Vale of Glamorgan by-election.
1 file.

Mar 1989

131

Report of the Parliamentary Party Review Committee. Also includes: comments from Roy Hattersley and David Blunkett; brief and notes for a Parliamentary party meeting; note on the operation of subject committees.
1 file.

Jun 1989-Jul 1989

132

Parliamentary Party. Notes for a discussion on employment contracts for staff employed by Labour MPs, funding for support of Labour spokesmen and papers of the committee on procedures of the Parliamentary party.
1 file.

c 1989

133

Campaign strategy. Strategy notes and correspondence on the political situation, particularly: keeping the initiative and pre-empting the Conservatives; public sector pay; target seats; the demise of the Social Democrats; ten years of Margaret Thatcher. Contributors include: Jack Straw; David Clark, agriculture and rural affairs spokesman; Frank Dobson [campaign co-ordinator]; Patricia Hewitt, policy co-ordinator; Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications.
1 file.

Mar 1989-Jul 1989

134

Campaign Planning. File kept by Neil Stewart [Political and Campaigns Secretary], including: target list for 1991 local elections; notes of problem areas in the party; notes for general planning meetings, Campaign Strategy Committee meetings and election planning meetings; planning timetables, 1989-91; notes by contributors including Jack Cunningham [Campaigns Co-ordinator], Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and Colin Byrne [Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer], on specific campaigns including the London campaign and the summer campaign, 1990; documents in the pipeline; list of top non-Labour marginals; policy plans for social security, employment (by Michael Meacher), health (by Robin Cook) and women.
2 files.

May 1989-Mar 1991

135

Campaign Strategy Committee. Briefing notes, papers and minutes by individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Jack Cunningham [Campaigns Co-ordinator] and Colin Byrne, Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer, on subjects including: the 1991 local elections; preparations for the next General Election; the summer campaign; the London campaign; analysis of the 1990 local elections; environmental policies; Labour's National Health Service campaign; the Poll Tax campaign; by-election planning.
1 file.

Jul 1989-Nov 1990

136

General papers. Includes: Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) paper on voting at Conference; brief for meeting with Terry Davis, Jeff Rooker and Clare Short on the timetabling of the Birmingham Road Race bill; brief for a meeting with Sir Geoffrey Howe [Foreign Secretary] on the Anglo-Irish Parliamentary Tier; brief for meeting with James Molyneaux [Leader, Ulster Unionist Party]; an outline publicity strategy for children's issues; note by [Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications] on candidates for a position in the campaigns department; extract from a lecture by Michael Meacher on Labour and the media with cuttings on remarks in the lecture about policy being influenced by the media.
1 file.

Jun 1989-Sep 1989

137

General papers. Briefings etc on subjects including: an international rugby tour of South Africa; problems for the Conservatives over Europe, particularly over the economy; majority voting in the European Council; setting up a Policy Review group on public management; the 1991 Conference schedule; party finances; hospitals opting out of the National Health Service, particularly relating to Hinchingbrooke, in John Major's Huntingdon constituency.
1 file.

Aug 1989-Dec 1990

138

Black and Asian Sections. Papers, briefs etc on ethnic minority organisation and representation in the Labour Party. Includes papers of the Black and Asian Committee, the Labour Party Black Sections, the Socialist Societies Section, the National Executive Committee and a memorandum by Tony Benn.
1 file.

May 1985-Nov 1989

139

Black and Asian Committee. Papers, briefs etc on ethnic minority organisation and representation in the Labour Party, including a poll among blacks and Asians and correspondence with Bill Morris, Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU).
1 file.

Jan 1987-Aug 1990

140

Parliamentary Committee and Front Bench appointments. Includes draft Front Bench appointment lists and reports on elections to the Parliamentary Committee for 1989 and earlier, with notes for a Shadow Cabinet meeting at Bishops Stortford [Hertfordshire], 1986. Correspondents include: David Blunkett, spokesman on the environment, on the structure of his team; Ann Clwyd, spokesperson on overseas development and co-operation; Tom Clarke; Robin Cook on finding a Parliamentary Private Secretary for NK.
1 file.

Oct 1983-Nov 1989

141

Shadow Cabinet. Draft notes for NK's address to the Shadow Cabinet on subjects including the Policy Review, economic plans, policy towards Europe. Also includes rough notes from the meeting and a brief for a meeting with Jacques Delors [President, Commission of the European Economic Community] and other European commissioners.
1 file.

[Nov] 1989

142

Party reform. Briefing notes, papers and notes of meetings on party structure, including formation of a National Council of the Labour Party, the block vote, Conference procedure, National Executive Committee structure and policy formation.
2 files.

Aug 1989-Jan 1990

143

Party reform. Briefing notes, papers and notes of meetings on party structure, including OMOV [one member one vote], selection and reselection of Parliamentary candidates and the new structure of the National Policy Forum and National Executive Committee.
2 files.

Nov 1989-Mar 1991

144

Party reform. Briefing notes, papers and notes of meetings on party structure, including OMOV [one member one vote], reselection of Parliamentary candidates, the National Policy Forum and restructuring the National Executive Committee.
2 files.

Nov 1989-Jul 1991

145

Party reform. Proposals on powers of investigation into breaches of party rules. Also includes brief notes on Conference resolutions on Black Sections and National Executive Committee structure.
1 file.

Dec 1989

146

Party reform. Summary of a submission by the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) on reform of Conference, the block vote and the National Executive Committee.
1 file.

c 1989-c 1990

147

Party reform. Briefing notes, papers and notes of meetings on party structure, including drafts of consultation papers on the future of Conference, policy-making and party representational structure, and a new approach to Labour Party democracy and policy-making, with responses from the unions.
2 files.

Jan 1990-Apr 1990

148

Party reform. Briefing notes, papers and notes of meetings on party structure, including selection and reselection of Parliamentary candidates, the foundation of the National Policy Forum, further consultation on the future of Conference, democracy and policy-making for the 1990s, with responses from the GMB union to consultation papers.
3 files.

Jun 1990-May 1992

149

Party reform. Memorandum on the establishment of the National Policy Forum and briefing note on issues to be tackled by the National Executive Committee, including the National Policy Forum and reselection of Parliamentary candidates.
1 file.

Jul 1990-c Nov 1990

150

John Hughes MP. Brief and correspondence on Hughes's selection as Parliamentary candidate for Coventry North East, and also his later resignation of the whip and decision to stand as an independent Labour candidate.
1 file.

Dec 1989-Jan 1992

151

Ron Brown MP. Briefs and correspondence on Brown's deselection as Parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh Leith [Scotland].
1 file.

Jan 1990-Aug 1990

152

Re-selection of Parliamentary candidates. Correspondence and briefs on the reselection of Robert Wareing, MP for Liverpool West Derby and Gerald Bermingham [MP for St Helens South].
1 file.

Sep 1989-Jul 1990

153

Preparing for government. Correspondence and papers on dealing with the Civil Service, with correspondents including: John Smith [Treasury and economic affairs spokesman], and Leslie Christie, General Secretary of the National Union of Civil and Public Servants; John Garrett; Jack Straw. Also includes: paper by John Garrett on managing government; brief for meeting with Jack Straw and note by Straw on preparing for Government.
1 file.

Jan 1990-May 1991

154

Shadow Cabinet. Briefings and notes of meetings, including: rough notes on economic policy, party reform and NK's visit to the United States; a note of a meeting between NK and Gerald Kaufman [Shadow Foreign Secretary] on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; brief for a meeting with Bryan Gould [environment spokesman] on Poll Tax and regional government; brief for a meeting with Robin Cook [health spokesman] on health spending; brief for a meeting with Donald Dewar [Scottish affairs spokesman] on whether to attend the Scottish Trades Union Congress. Also includes correspondence with Gavin Strang, David Blunkett and Kaufman on subjects including the registration of overseas electors.
1 file.

Nov 1989-Aug 1990

155

General papers. Includes: memorandum on education cuts in Bradford [Yorkshire], under the Conservative-controlled council [possibly relating to Bradford by-election, November 1990]; printed material from the Labour Leader's campaign; summary of poll research on the Euro, voting intention, attitudes to Labour and the party's strengths and weaknesses.
1 file.

Feb 1990

156

Campaign Strategy Committee. Includes: briefing note, mainly on forthcoming elections; minutes of the January meeting; Shadow Communications Agency plan for 1990 campaigning, with note by Peter Mandelson [Director of Campaigns and Communications]. Also includes a note on mid-term Government satisfaction levels.
1 file.

Mar 1990

157

Non-payment of Poll Tax by Labour MPs. Notes on suggestions that a number of MPs would not pay the tax, including a letter from Martin Pilgrim [Under Secretary (Finance), Association of Metropolitan Authorities].
1 file.

Mar 1990

158

Charter Shop. Papers, including a meeting with Tony Blair [employment spokesman] on the Social Charter and a proposed Charter Shop (a form of closed shop), to support Trade Union membership.
1 file.

c Mar 1990-c Apr 1990

159

TUC Contact Group. Papers for meetings of the Trades Union Congress group, including: the conference programme for the committee on European strategy; NK's opening remarks to the group; a paper on economic prospects; rough notes from meetings.
1 file.

Jun 1990-Jul 1990

160

Briefs, meetings and campaign strategy. Includes: note on potential constitutional problems from Labour MEPs; brief for a meeting with the Speaker [Bernard Weatherill] on his retirement; proposals on Shadow Cabinet campaigning during the autumn and winter; note of a meeting with the whips; memorandum on campaign organisation by Clive Hollick, with notes by Charles Clarke [head of NK's office] and a Shadow Communications Agency research programme for the party.
1 file.

Jun 1990-Oct 1990

161

Legislation on political finances. Papers from Larry Whitty, General Secretary, on ways of improving the party's financial position.
1 file.

Jul 1990-Aug 1990

162

Parliamentary Labour Party and Front Bench appointments. Papers and correspondence, with correspondents including: Paul Murphy, giving his views to the working party on electoral systems; George Howarth on the Hillsborough Enquiry (2); Clare Short on damage being done by NK's press officers and lack of democracy within the party (2); Keith Vaz on the Christmas Island Nuclear Test Veterans campaign; Joan Lestor, spokesperson for children, on difficulties with her remit and continuing with it after the Shadow Cabinet elections (2); [?] [Winifred] Ann Taylor; Robin Cook [health spokesman] on finding a minister for community care; John Prescott, transport spokesman, on increasing his team; Paul Flynn, on stepping down from the Front Bench. Also includes: reports of the PLP review committee; lists of front bench appointments; list of Labour peers; rough notes of a meeting with the TUC contact group; figures from a vote on the Exchange Rate Mechanism.
1 file.

Nov 1989-Mar 1991

163

General papers. Includes: note on policy development and presentation; planning for the 1991 Conference; note on the London Pride campaign; note on commissioning a Policy Review Group report on preparing for government; note on whether Tony Blair would stand for election to the National Executive Committee.
1 file.

Oct 1990-Nov 1990

164

NOP Opinion Poll on political attitudes.
1 file.

Nov 1990

165

Strategic planning and legislative programme. Includes: notes of possible legislation in the 1990-91 session, with a copy of the Queen's speech; a letter from Martin O'Neill [defence spokesman] on defence issues coming up in the Queen's speech; notes for and from a meeting on the Queen's speech; list of speakers for the State opening of Parliament; Shadow Communications Agency strategic planning document for 1990-91.
1 file.

Nov 1990

166

General papers. Includes: memorandum from Julie Hall, NK's Press Secretary, on press strategy in the run-up to the General Election; draft paper on the Oxford East constituency party's investigation against Robert Maxwell over various union disputes; statement by David Blunkett on stepping up Labour's campaign profile; briefing for meeting with the European Parliamentary Labour Party; press schedule; rough notes for a meeting on Iraq.
1 file.

Nov 1990-Dec 1990

167

General papers. Includes: notes on a hung Parliament; memorandum on tactics in Parliament; paper on progress from the working party on electoral systems, with a note of a meeting between NK and Raymond Plant; notes on press strategy from Philip Gould and Neil Stewart [Political and Campaigns Secretary]; draft letter from NK on a National Executive Committee inquiry into the Birkenhead constituency party.
1 file.

Nov 1990-Dec 1990

168

General papers. Includes: draft New Year message by NK for the 1991 Campaign to Win book; draft list of problem seats; draft version of the social audit of 1990; brief for a meeting with George Wright [Welsh Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union] on the election of a new General Secretary for the TGWU.
1 file.

Dec 1990

169

General papers. Includes: papers from the financial aid to opposition parties committee; draft letter from NK to Jack Cunningham [Campaigns Co-ordinator] on finding an assistant for him, possibly Philip Gould; notes of a meeting with [? James Baker, American Secretary of State] on Iraq; copy of a briefing from Saferworld on the Gulf Crisis; agenda for Parliamentary committee meeting; note on a draft emergency motion put forward by the Policy Directorate deploring the use of force by Soviet troops in Lithuania.
1 file.

Dec 1990-Jan 1991

170

Campaign strategy. Includes: rough draft of strategy by NK; a draft paper from Donald Dewar on the programme for industry, with comments by Frank Dobson; briefings for a meeting with the London campaign team, with short version of text for "The London Story" and a note from Chris Smith for a meeting with the London team of MPs; agenda for meeting of the Parliamentary Party; proposal to the General Election Planning Group on Front Bench campaign days.
1 file.

Jan 1991-Feb 1991

171

Campaign Strategy Committee. Briefings, minutes and papers from the committee, on subjects including general strategy, local elections, and speculation about the date of the General Election.
1 file.

Jan 1991-Mar 1991

172

TUC Contact Group. Includes: Trades Union Congress papers on collective bargaining strategy, the national economic assessment and the industrial impact of the single European market; draft notes for NK; rough notes from the March meeting.
1 file.

Feb 1991-Mar 1991

173

Shadow Cabinet and briefings. Includes: note on a mortar attack by the IRA on 10 Downing Street; note by Frank Dobson and John Prescott on setting up a Working Group on Emergencies; notes on the need for campaign visits during the local elections; note on Labour's commitment to establish a Department of Legal Affairs; memorandum on tackling the litter problem in London; memorandum from Philip Gould on the polling position in relation to a No Confidence debate against the Government; briefing for a meeting of the Speech Group.
1 file.

Feb 1991-Mar 1991

174

Briefings and general papers. Includes: draft message by NK for Labour Party News, mainly on the local government elections; correspondence on Labour's overseas aid policy; draft response to a press article on NK, "Jobs for the Boys"; briefing for the launch of the London campaign; briefing for a meeting on the selection of a candidate for Ealing Southall, London; rough notes on party reform and annotated National Executive Committee document on reselection of Parliamentary candidates.
1 file.

Apr 1991-Jul 1991

175

Shadow Cabinet meetings. Includes: statement by NK following a Shadow Cabinet meeting calling for an early election; copies of correspondence between NK and John Major, Prime Minister, on relief to Kurdish refugees in Iraq; notes on Fair Rates; briefing for the Shadow Cabinet meeting; agenda for a Parliamentary Committee meeting; memorandum on administrative inefficiencies at Labour Party headquarters at Walworth Road; notes on changes to the Queen's Speech between the draft version and the final delivery.
1 file.

Apr 1991-Oct 1991

176

Copy of policy briefing handbook. Handbook prepared by the policy directorate for use by candidates in the run up to the General Election.
1 file.

Jun 1991

177

Campaigns and Communications Department. Papers on the difficulties in the department leading up to the resignation of John Underwood, as Labour Party Director of Campaigns and Communications. Correspondents include: Roy Hattersley (2); Charles Clarke; Sally-Anne Lomas, Broadcasting Officer; Julie Hall [NK's press secretary]; David Clark; Colin Byrne, Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer (3); Larry Whitty, General Secretary.
1 file.

Nov 1988-Jun 1991

178

Campaign Strategy Committee. Briefing for meeting, including: note on the current polls; note by Robin Cook [health spokesman] on health strategy; draft note by Larry Whitty, General Secretary, on campaigning up until Conference.
1 file.

Jun 1991

179

Gala fundraising dinner. Arrangements, guest list and letters of thanks for the dinner and auction to raise funds for the General Election campaign.
1 file.

Jun 1991

180

Party reform: reselection procedure. Includes: draft proposals from the National Executive Committee; submissions from unions in response to party consultation documents on selection and reselection of Parliamentary candidates. Also includes a note on an investigation into Terry Fields and his support for Militant.
2 files.

Jun 1991-Sep 1991

181

Selection: Ealing Southall. Papers and correspondence, mainly with Valerie Vaz, on the selection of Piara Khabra as Parliamentary candidate for Ealing Southall [London].
1 file.

Apr 1991-Dec 1991

182

Selection: Small Heath. Papers and correspondence on the selection process for a Parliamentary candidate in Birmingham Small Heath, with correspondents including Clare Short, MP for Birmingham Ladywood.
1 file.

Sep 1991-Feb 1992

183

Selection: Small Heath. Research papers on the selection process for a Parliamentary candidate in Birmingham Small Heath.
1 file.

Jan 1992

184

TUC Contact Group. Briefing for meetings with the group and also with the General Secretaries, on a Conservative Green Paper on union reform, Conservative attacks on the unions, agreeing constitutional changes and avoiding any splits between the Trades Union Congress and Labour before Conference.
1 file.

Jul 1991

185

General papers. Includes: notes by Patricia Hewitt on Labour's response to the Queen's Speech; draft press release on NK's meeting with the unions at the shipbuilders VSEL over job losses in the defence industry; membership list for new committees of the National Executive Committee; briefing for a meeting with Syd Bidwell on the selection of a candidate for Ealing Southall [London]; briefing for a meeting with Sam McCluskie, party Treasurer, on the appointment of his successor; correspondence with David Blunkett on policy towards European economic and monetary union; Campaign Strategy Committee report on the Langbaurgh by-election [Yorkshire] and campaign priorities; note on state aid and political funding, and union expenditure.
1 file.

Oct 1991-Nov 1991

186

Briefing papers. Briefs for meetings and subjects including: the year ahead for the National Executive Committee; the London Campaign; the Campaign Strategy Committee; a meeting with Robin Cook on electoral reform; reselections of various Parliamentary candidates; a meeting with Christine Hancock, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing on funding of the National Health Service and the deskilling of the workforce; by-elections; a meeting with the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) and Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EEPTU) on their forthcoming merger; the establishment of a Leader's Committee; a meeting with Eric Hammond [General Secretary of EEPTU] on subjects including the situation in Birmingham Ladywood.
1 file.

Nov 1991-Dec 1991

187

Briefing papers. Briefs for meetings and subjects including: a meeting with officers of a miners' group on the Hemsworth by-election [Yorkshire]; calling a General Election; reselections of various Parliamentary candidates; draft notes for a [?] speech by NK on Labour's policy on the recession; a meeting with the MEP Glyn Ford on the European election manifesto; a meeting with Raymond Plant on electoral reform; a meeting with John Evans on the election of the next party Treasurer and party finances in general, including a draft of the Finance working party report; forthcoming business, 1991-92; note on Ireland, relating to the abortion debate and the Maastricht referendum; note on Labour and the British presidency of the European Union; draft speech notes for the final meeting of organisers and agents before the next General Election.
1 file.

Dec 1991-Mar 1992

188

Policy promotional material. Published policy documents (some published as a follow-up to the Policy Review) on subjects including: aid and development; arts and the media; the citizen's charter; economic policy; education; employment; the environment; housing; manufacturing; nursery education and childcare; pensioners; science (including texts of speeches from the document's launch); social justice; sport; London transport; women. Also includes a copy of Labour's Budget statement, 1992, a consultation document on children's policy and a refutation of Conservative myths comparing the 1970s and 80s.
3 files.

1990–1992

189

Shadow Cabinet meeting. Draft notes for NK's remarks to an all-day meeting of the Shadow Cabinet, Jan 1992, with annotated summaries of Labour's legislative programme for its first year in power (note, out of 40 numbered copies, only the annotated versions were retained) and briefings on legislative priorities. Also includes notes and briefings on the programme and a note for a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee.
1 file.

Jun 1991-Jan 1992

190

The Cost of the Conservatives. Final draft of paper on failed Conservative economic policies.
1 file.

Feb 1992

191

Briefings and meetings. Includes: note on reselections of various Parliamentary candidates; Finance and Industry Group list of industrial supporters; rough notes from a meeting with the Trades Union Congress Contact Group; rough notes from a meeting of the Leader's Committee; paper on the failure of BCCI [Bank of Credit and Commerce International]; cuttings from the American press on Labour; rough note on the political situation in Norway, Sweden and Austria; second report of the Parliamentary Labour Party review committee, on preparing for government, mainly on the hours of work of the House of Commons.
1 file.

Feb 1992-Apr 1992

192

Labour Party relations with the Jewish Community and Israel. Includes: text of speech by NK to the Board of Deputies of British Jews; European Parliamentary Labour Party papers on a European financial protocol with Israel; brief by Jack Straw [education spokesman] on Labour's treatment of voluntary-aided schools and educational charities.
1 file.

Apr 1991-Mar 1992

193

Labour Party Leadership and Deputy Leadership Elections. Includes: manifesto of Margaret Beckett; manifesto and campaign agenda of Bryan Gould; election address of John Prescott; policy outline by Ken Livingstone; manifesto of Ann Clwyd; election address of John Smith; briefing by Stuart Holland for NK on the European Confederation and messages of support from European Socialist parties.
1 file.

Mar 1992-Jun 1992

194

Party reform: selection and reselection. Briefing notes, papers and notes of meetings on reform of the reselection procedure for Parliamentary candidates and OMOV (one member one vote). Includes: correspondence with the unions; a paper by Gavin Strang on Labour and unions; National Executive Committee report on selection; report on a consultation document on democracy and future policymaking; drafts of a memorandum for the Organisation sub-committee; list of the main party issues to be addressed; summary of responses to consultation.
2 files.

Sep 1990-Jun 1992

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