Lord Falconer: Labour's decision to axe student group 'legally invalid'

Shut down of Labour Students also breaks party rules, claims former cabinet minister. Former cabinet minister Lord Charlie Falconer has said the decision by Labour to axe its youth wing is legally invalid and breaks party rules as it emerged the group has been stripped of its voting rights at the party’s autumn conference. The peer wrote to the party’s general secretary, Jennie Formby, to say the motion to shut it down passed on 17 September was based on false information and the gro