ALT On the CAC’s Decision to Block our Motion on Water Ownership We are profoundly concerned that the Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) has denied the Labour movement gathering in Liverpool the opportunity to debate public ownership of water. It is a policy supported overwhelmingly by the public and globally the norm. That such an important question about the future of an essential public service can be stifled by faction-driven procedure should concern everyone who wants Labour to be a confident, outward-looking political movement. Our Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, put it well when Mainstream was launched last year: “We’ve got to get beyond this culture where everything’s a threat. If people are speaking out, it can actually be an opportunity to make changes.”

ALT That principle matters. Labour will need bold ideas and serious debate if our government is to deliver the scale of change the country needs. Conference should be a place where our movement can test those ideas, challenge established thinking and develop new answers together - not one where important debates are prevented from taking place. If Labour is to build the movement and the programme capable of changing the country, the Party must rediscover its confidence in its members: their ideas, their experience, their willingness to challenge orthodoxies and their capacity to think big about what a Labour government can achieve.

ALT A screenshot of John Denham's Renewal blog article titled 'Labour, intellectuals and progressive politics'.

ALT "Graphic showing this year's slate of Mainstream candidates for the NPF, alongside their voting codes. With caption: ""This year, vote to reconnect Labour with its mainstream."" Candidates include: - EAST MIDLANDS Jennifer Walker, L1398532 - EAST MIDLANDS Michael Durrant, L1820520 - NORTH WEST Liz Grey, L0138116 - NORTH WEST Scott Brerton, L1150299 - EAST OF ENGLAND Kevin Hind, L0043592 - LONDON Emma Whysall, L0079841 - LONDON Panny Antoniou, L1870365 - NORTH Sean Laws, L1209508 - SCOTLAND Nairn Angus-McDonald, L1198013 - SOUTH EAST Josh Constable, L1260342 - SOUTH EAST Emily Brothers, A203451 - SOUTH WEST Sam Barnes, L1965192 - WALES Ed Stubbs, A958902 - WEST MIDLANDS Lauren Davison, L1593915 - WEST MIDLANDS Muhammad Ali, L1751340 - YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER James Driver, L1781145"

ALT "Graphic showing this year's slate of Mainstream candidates for the NPF, alongside their voting codes. With caption: ""This year, vote to reconnect Labour with its mainstream."" Candidates include: - EAST MIDLANDS Jennifer Walker, L1398532 - EAST MIDLANDS Michael Durrant, L1820520 - NORTH WEST Liz Grey, L0138116 - NORTH WEST Scott Brerton, L1150299 - EAST OF ENGLAND Kevin Hind, L0043592 - LONDON Emma Whysall, L0079841 - LONDON Panny Antoniou, L1870365 - NORTH Sean Laws, L1209508 - SCOTLAND Nairn Angus-McDonald, L1198013 - SOUTH EAST Josh Constable, L1260342 - SOUTH EAST Emily Brothers, A203451 - SOUTH WEST Sam Barnes, L1965192 - WALES Ed Stubbs, A958902 - WEST MIDLANDS Lauren Davison, L1593915 - WEST MIDLANDS Muhammad Ali, L1751340 - YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER James Driver, L1781145"

ALT "Purple and red graphic: 'Join the Mainstream Rally & Party.' Labour Conference 2026, Monday 28th September, 7:30pm, Tonight Josephine. With Rt Hon Ed Miliband, Paula Barker MP, Mark Drakeford, Tony Vaughan MP and more speakers TBA. RSVP required. Photos of Ed Miliband and Mark Drakeford. Mainstream logo."

ALT Red-to-pink gradient graphic. Left text reads "Back public ownership of water at Labour Party Conference." Right side shows a torn newspaper clipping from The i Paper headlined "England's rivers and lakes are poisoned by sewage. These official numbers prove it," with subheading "Not a single body of water in England is safe from toxic chemicals, official Environment Agency data shows." Mainstream logo bottom right.

ALT Purple-to-red gradient graphic headlined "Join the Mainstream 2026 Labour Conference Rally & Party." Details: "Monday 28th September 7:30pm, Tonight Josephine" and an "RSVP required" box. Right side shows an illustrated collage of a rose growing from a cityscape with housing, a crane, wind turbines, solar panels, a bus, and people cycling and walking. Mainstream logo bottom left.

ALT Purple-to-red gradient graphic. Right text reads "Back public ownership of water at Labour Party Conference." Left side shows a torn newspaper clipping headlined "'It won't work': Labour can't fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say." Mainstream logo bottom left.

ALT Red-to-pink gradient graphic. Left text reads "Back public ownership of water at Labour Party Conference." Right side shows a torn newspaper clipping from The i Paper headlined "England's rivers and lakes are poisoned by sewage. These official numbers prove it," with subheading "Not a single body of water in England is safe from toxic chemicals, official Environment Agency data shows." Mainstream logo bottom right.

ALT Red gradient graphic headlined "Manchesterism, the Productive State and Building a Democratic Economy," subtitled "With Kerry Postlewhite, Mathew Lawrence, Rose Marley, Barry Gardiner MP and Sofia Ropek-Hewson." Event details: "Labour Conference 2026, Monday 28th September, 4:15pm, The Clubhouse, Ropewalks Hotel." Right side shows an illustrated collage of a rose growing from a cityscape with housing, a crane, wind turbines, solar panels, a bus, and people cycling and walking. Mainstream logo bottom left.

ALT Purple-to-red gradient graphic. Right text reads "Back public ownership of water at Labour Party Conference." Left side shows a torn newspaper clipping headlined "'It won't work': Labour can't fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say." Mainstream logo bottom left.

ALT Red-to-pink gradient graphic. Left text reads "Back public ownership of water at Labour Party Conference." Right side shows a torn newspaper clipping from The i Paper headlined "England's rivers and lakes are poisoned by sewage. These official numbers prove it," with subheading "Not a single body of water in England is safe from toxic chemicals, official Environment Agency data shows." Mainstream logo bottom right.

ALT Purple-to-red gradient graphic. Right text reads "Back public ownership of water at Labour Party Conference." Left side shows a torn newspaper clipping headlined "'It won't work': Labour can't fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say." Mainstream logo bottom left.

ALT Red-to-pink gradient graphic. Left text reads "Back public ownership of water at Labour Party Conference." Right side shows a torn newspaper clipping from The i Paper headlined "England's rivers and lakes are poisoned by sewage. These official numbers prove it," with subheading "Not a single body of water in England is safe from toxic chemicals, official Environment Agency data shows." Mainstream logo bottom right.