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Progressive Britain, formerly known as Progress, is a think thank connected to the UK Labour Party. It was founded by the supermarket tycoon Lord Sainsbury in 1996 to support the New Labour leadership of Tony Blair, with money left over from the original campaign to make Tony Blair leader of the party.[1]
Contents
Own words
According to itself, Progress has played a central role in shaping the direction of the Labour Party at some of its most critical moments...we put as much effort into developing people as we do into developing ideas. Many members of the Cabinet, hundreds of Labour MPs, and countless councillors, SpAds, parliamentary staff, and organisers are alumni of our programmes.[2]
Progress merged with Policy Network in May 2021 to form Progressive Britain, and then changing name back again to Progress in 2026.[3]
Funding
It was reported in 2012 that Progress had received more money than both the Green Party and Plaid Cymru, and that it had received more than 122 times more funding than any other members' association within the Labour Party. This level of funding has led to accusations that Progress is operating as a "party within a party".[4]
Membership
Board as of November 2009, [5]2006, and 2026; plus some assorted members.
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Angell | Director | November 2014 | ||
| Alison McGovern | Chair | October 2015 |
Known members
30 of the 106 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Andrew Adonis | Labour party politician and Bilderberger. Vice Chairman of the European Movement (UK) |
| Douglas Alexander | Back in Parliament a decade after losing his seat |
| Andy Burnham | Establishment-backed aspirant becomes Prime Minister |
| Jenny Chapman | Baroness Chapman and her husband Nick Smith are pro-Starmer Arlington Road Gang members |
| Jennifer Gerber | Former director of Labour Friends of Israel. |
| Peter Hain | UK politician on the House of Lords/COVID-19 Committee |
| John Healey | He is a long-time member of Labour Friends of Israel |
| Margaret Hodge | UK MP who Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021 |
| Tristram Hunt | British Labour Party politician |
| John Hutton | UK Secretary of State for Defence 2008-2009 |
| Dan Jarvis | LFI member Jarvis received £635,272.15 from donors |
| Gerald Kaufman | British Labour Party politician |
| Liz Kendall | Blairite Labour party leadership contender in 2015, Member of Parliament for Leicester West |
| Sadiq Khan | UK politician |
| David Lammy | English Labour Party politician, WEF/GLT/2002, publicly apologised for nominating Jeremy Corbyn Labour leader |
| Pat McFadden | A Labour Friend of Israel who voted YES to vaccine passports |
| Jon Mendelsohn | |
| Alan Milburn | Former MP and UK/Health Secretary, then lobbyist for privatising the NHS, now the lead non-executive director of the Department of Health and Social Care |
| David Miliband | UK politician who was Foreign Secretary 2007-2010 |
| Ed Miliband | WEF YGL 2008, former Labour leader (2010-2015), now Foreign Secretary |
| Trevor Phillips | |
| Bridget Phillipson | |
| Lucy Powell | Backbench Labour MP elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party |
| Steve Reed | Steve Reed is one of the worst politicians the Labour Party has ever produced (dixit The Canary) |
| Jonathan Reynolds | UK MP who voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021 |
| Tony Robinson | Lancashire Police Special branch 1965-1981. He was responsible for vetting workers at the Ford Halewood plant. He has spoken to TV about interference in Police business by MI5. |
| Joan Ryan | Former UK Labour Party MP, then resigned to become Chair of Independent Friends of Israel; part of the campaign against Jeremy Corbyn |
| Nick Smith | Member of the Arlington Road Gang which plotted to install Keir Starmer as Labour leader |
| Wes Streeting | Wes Streeting is being formed as a "new Tony Blair" |
| John Woodcock | UK politician |
Sponsor
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Pfizer | A multinational big pharma company. Made a killing during COVID |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Progress MP joins Unite's unwaged section for GenSec vote | blog post | 7 April 2017 | Joining Unite in order to participate in the General Secretary ballot is legitimate and some are known to have done so to support Len McCluskey. However, making a false declaration in order to do so ‘on the cheap’ is certainly not legitimate and such applications need to be rooted out and their votes invalidated. |
References
- ↑ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/11/21/corb-n21.html
- ↑ https://www.progressonline.org.uk/about-us/
- ↑ https://labourlist.org/2026/01/celebrating-thirty-years-of-progress/
- ↑ https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/03/labour-party-within-progress
- ↑ Progress About Us, accessed 1 November 2009
