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This category contains 20 sites:

• Campaign for Labour Party Democracy - Founded in 1973, the CLPD is a pressure group within the Labour Party advocating changes in the party to make it more accountable to rank-and-file party members.
• Chartist Magazine - Chartist promote debate amongst people active in radical politics about the contemporary relevance of democratic socialism across the spectrum of politics, economics, science, philosophy, art and inter-personal relations.
• Computing For Labour - An organization within the British Labour Party whose aim is to help all levels of the Party to use computer technology effectively to achieve the Party's objectives.
• Institute for Public Policy Research - Centre-left think tank which is influential with the Labour Party.
• Labour Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Rights - Campaigning organisation for lesbians, gays and bisexuals in the Labour Party.
• Labour In Northern Ireland - Unofficial group campaigning for an end to the UK Labour Party's ban on people living in Northern Ireland from becoming members or standing for election as Labour Party.
• Labour Left Briefing - Left-of-centre advocates within the Labour Party.
• Labour Reform Group - Advocates grassroots democratic reform within the British Labour Party. Site contains extensive discussion of policy formulation processes.
• Labour Research Department - An independent, trade union based research organization. Publications included Labour Research, Bargaining Report, Fact Service and LRD Booklets. LRD also provides electronic services, such as a full-text publications database, to its affiliates via the
• LabourNet UK - News from the trade union movement, updated daily.
• Scientists for Labour - An organization open to members or supporters of the Labour Party who are interested or involved in UK science and technology. Established at the 1994 Labour Party Conference.
• Second Term - Information about a key network of Blairite activists within the British Labour Party and their objectives.
• Socialist Appeal - Monthly magazine aims to "commit the Labour government to introduce bold socialist measures." Published by the Marxist tendency within the Labour Party led by Ted Grant and Allan Woods.
• Socialist Campaign Group - A group of left-wing MPs in the Labour Party led by Tony Benn . Publish Socialist Campaign Group News.
• Socialist Environment and Resources Association - SERA is the environment campaign affiliated to the British Labour Party, yet is an independent think tank and green pressure group.
• Socialist Health Association - Founded in the 1930s and affiliated to the Labour Party, the goal of the SHA is to protect and improve the NHS and to campaign on issues of health and equality.
• The Christian Socialist Movement - Based in Britain and active in the Labour Party, the CSM is in a tradition that stretches back to the early church. "We all share a belief in justice, peace and the wholeness of creation."
• The Ernest Bevin Society - Named after the reforming cabinet minister in Attlee's Labour government the EBS advocates "old Labour" policies within Tony Blair's New Labour party. Site contains reprints of magazine articles from the 80s to the present.
• The Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform - Labour is committed to a referendum on the voting system for the House of Commons; join the moral crusade to change the way we practise politics.
• Tribune - Independent weekly newspaper produced by left-wing Labour Party members, also serves as a pressure group within the party.