The Charter movement is up and moving forward, but it many areas it needs Party members and organisations to supply the drive to get things up and running. This means seeking to involve a wide range of left, labour movement and progressive organisations from the outset. Party centre will be issuing a briefing paper on how to initiate and develop local Charter groups.

Politically, the connections should be made whenever we can between capitalist crisis, the ruling class offensive, mass unemployment, cuts in public services and the demands of the Charter. Party branches should be using Charter materials to collect signatures, especially at town centre stalls, drawing other Charter supporters into that work where we can.

We now need Trades Councils, trade unions and other labour movement and progressive bodies to set up local campaigning committees wherever possible in the period before the General Election. Party branches and districts/ nations can play a key role in making this happen.

In addition to those already established or planned (Derby, Leicester, Oxford, Yeovil) we want to see People's Charter Committees set up as a priority—before the General Election if possible—in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bradford, Cardiff, Coventry, Devon, Edinburgh, Flintshire, Glasgow, Greater London East area, Hackney/ Tower Hamlets, Herts. & Beds., Leeds, South Midlands, Manchester, Newcastle, Norfolk/ Mid Anglia, North London, Pontypridd, Sheffield, Exeter, Taunton, Colchester, Croydon, Tooting, Swansea, West London, Wolverhampton.

After the election, we need to see progress in the 50 or so largest cities or towns not already covered. These should include Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Carlisle, Clydebank, Dundee, Gloucester, Liverpool, Merthyr Tydfil, Swindon. Committees should also be a possibility in Cornwall, Cumbria and Kent.

As well as pressing the People's Charter organisation to produce materials useful for this work, the Party will also issue a briefing paper on the Charter and how to go about organisational and campaigning tasks.