Informed NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE issue 20 July 2017 Séamus Dooley, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Dawson


Corbyn renews his vows in Te Chapel


Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn paid a visit to the NUJ’s new café/ bar Te Chapel in July. Arriving by chauffeured car, rather than his bike, the MP for Islington North declared himself ‘very impressed’ with the remodelling of Headland House and enjoyed a coffee in the union’s new watering hole.


In a subsequent address to members of the national executive council, he discussed media issues, took questions and re-dedicated himself to working for a free and independent press and BBC and supporting the union’s international campaigns for press freedom across the globe.


Also in this issue:


BBC T&C talks Page 5


Discussing Labour’s election campaign, he explained his view that social media had played a vital role and explained, in an interview with NUJ president Tim Dawson, exactly what he thought about Te Sun newspaper’s front page, which showed him in a dustbin with the headline “Don’t chuck Britain in the Cor-bin” the day before voters went to the polls. He said geting out and meeting people, plus having more exposure on television where he could explain his policies, voters were able to see that he did not have horns. Te full interview starts on page 2 and the political theme is continued in Séamus Dooley’s column,


Taylor Report Page 6


Grenfell Tower Page 11


which highlights the parliamentary work of the union, its cross-party group and its new chair, Clive Lewis. Te MP for Norwich South was put to


work straight away by joining an NUJ delegation to meet Mat Hancock, the digital minister, to discuss the Local News Maters campaign and other maters.


Te publication of Mathew Taylor’s


report Good Work, his review of modern working practices, was taken up by the executive, which the union found disappointing, especially for freelances as it did not address the need for self- employed workers to have access to benefits such as sick pay and holiday. In this issue of NUJ Informed, David Hencke asks if the fire at Grenfell Tower could have been prevented if the capital’s newsrooms had sufficient investment for enough reporters to carry out investigative journalism.


Natasha Hirst


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