Young Labour International recently voted unanimously to support including a four-day week as Labour Party policy. This policy has recently been gaining momentum through support from the TUC and the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, and YLI believes it is time for the Labour Party to formally endorse a shift to a four-day week, as outlined in the motion below:

For more information, please visit the website of the campaign for a four-day week at https://www.4dayweek.co.uk/our-manifesto, and check out the pinned introductory video on their twitter page at https://twitter.com/4day_week?lang=en.

Recently, members of the Labour Party have begun a movement to urge the adoption of a Green New Deal as party policy. YLI voted on a motion to support this movement at its last meeting, on 5 May 2019, and approved it unanimously. See below:

For more information the background and vision of the Green New Deal, YLI encourages interested members to check out the following podcast by the New Economics Foundation, hosted by Ayeisha Thomas-Smith with Ann Pettifor, Miatta Fahnbulleh, and Waleed Shahid: https://neweconomics.org/2019/02/weekly-economics-podcast-whats-the-deal-with-the-green-new-deal.