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Joint Policy Committee

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The Joint Policy Committee of the British Labour Party was part of the policy-making system of the party, set up by leader Tony Blair in 1997 as part of the Partnership in Power process.[1]

It has strategic oversight of policy development by overseeing the rolling policy making process of Partnership in Power. It acts as a steering group for the National Policy Forum, and is a joint committee made up of National Executive Committee, parliamentary and National Policy Forum representatives, chaired by the leader of the party.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Faucher-King, F. (2005). Changing Parties: An Anthropology of British Political Conferences. Springer. pp. 110–113. ISBN 9780230509887. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ "The committees of the NEC". Labour Party. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Outline of the Labour party policy making process". Association of School and College Leaders. 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2018.