In a new Fabian online paper, 'Labour's Gap Year: One step to change our party culture in 12 months', Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow, argues that too many activists’ evenings and weekends are overwhelmed with party bureaucracy.

The two main problems facing the Labour Party, according to Stella, are the "culture that inadvertently alienates people and a structure that drains time, energy and effort." A year of debate, campaigning and relationship-building – and no CLP meetings – will allow Labour to renew itself.

 You can read the full paper here, and an excerpt with comments on Labour List here.