SWEEPING new attacks on democracy and equality within the Labour Party were set to be pushed through by Sir Keir Starmer today.

Rule changes placed before the national executive (NEC) would remove the right of constituency parties to submit policy motions of their choice to Labour’s annual conference.

They also sought to drop the obligation for local parties to elect BAME, LGBT, youth and disabled officers, despite the party being mired in allegations of indifference to racism against black people.