Theresa Mackey

I am standing for the National Policy Forum because Labour needs policy that is ambitious and deliverable – shaped by those with real world experience of how systems succeed or fail.

As a serving councillor I bring frontline experience of delivering Labour values under real world constraints. I see daily how national policy lands locally – from SEND provision and social care to housing and public health. I understand pressures on budgets, scrutiny, statutory duties and the impact of national decisions on local services. As a councillor and a registered disabled member, I understand both the lived and structural dimensions of inequality.

Locally, I am the CLP officer for political education, policy and training and disability officer. Professionally, I have worked in senior leadership in schools, education policy development and advice in Whitehall and local authorities, and policy development and advisory work on intersecting equalities strands and SEND. I have a track record of turning values into workable solutions and deep policy expertise.

On the NPF I would champion policy that is both ambitious and addresses inequality: grounded in social justice, operational reality and designed to work in communities across the country. I want to bring lived community insight into Labour’s policy-making process, ensuring our programme reflects the everyday realities of people we represent.

I am happy to be supported by the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance and would also ask you to also support Kiran Khan and Alex Charilaou (Youth).