Progress annual conference
Towards the general election - How can Labour win?
03 November 2007
Agenda
09:00 Registration and refreshments
Session one
10:00 Open and welcome
Jim Fitzpatrick MP, MP for Poplar and Canning Town
Lorna Fitzsimons, Patron, Progress
10:05 Keynote address
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
11:00 Refreshments
Session two
11:30 Policy seminars
1. After Iraq: Can Labour make the case for a progressive foreign policy?
Michael Bailey
Head, Humanitarian and Security Issues Team, Oxfam (GB)
Professor Brian Brivati
Kingston University
Gareth Thomas MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for International Development
Roger Liddle
Vice Chair, Policy Network
Karen Pollock (chair)
Chief Executive, Holocaust Education Trust
2. The public services: Will Labour get the credit?
David Coats
Associate Director – Policy, The Work Foundation
Jim Knight MP
Minister of State for Schools and Learners
Frances O'Grady
Deputy General Secretary, TUC
Ben Page
Chairman, Ipsos-MORI Social Research Unit
David Walker (chair)
Editor, Guardian Public
3. Property ladder: Can housing rebuild the New Labour coalition?
Rushanara Ali
Associate Director, Young Foundation
Lynsey Hanley
Author, Estates: An Intimate History
Cllr Steve Reed
Leader, Lambeth Council
Emily Thornberry MP
Adam Sampson (chair)
Chief Executive, Shelter
4. Beyond the politics of fear: How does Labour win the security debate?
Martin Bright
Political Editor, New Statesman
Juliet Lyon
Director, Prison Reform Trust
Shahid Malik MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development
Ben Leapman (chair)
Home Affairs Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph
5. Equality and aspiration: Can Labour stand for both?
Patrick Diamond
Visiting Fellow, LSE
Anthony Giddens
London School of Economics
Oona King
Former MP for Bethnal Green and Bow
Kitty Ussher MP
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Sunder Katwala (chair)
General Secretary, The Fabian Society
13:00 Lunch
13:05 The lunchtime debate: Should business promote social justice?
Stephen Alambritis
Head of Public Affairs, Federation of Small Businesses
Howard Dawber
Strategic Adviser, Canary Wharf Group
Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Former Secretary of State for Trade & Industry
Polly Toynbee
The Guardian
David Coats (chair)
Associate Director – Policy, The Work Foundation
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Session three
14:00 Keynote address
Rt Hon James Purnell MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Chris Leslie (chair)
Vice Chair, Progress
Session four
14:45 Political seminars
1. Heir to nowhere: Is the Cameron effect wearing thin?
Julia Clark
Head of Political Research, Ipsos-MORI
Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP MBE
Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries, and Tourism
Martin Kettle
The Guardian
Tim Montgomerie
Editor, ConservativeHome.com
Mark Stuart
University of Nottingham
Chris Leslie (chair)
Vice Chair, Progress
2. GC RIP? Can we make the Labour party relevant again?
Tim Horton
Research Director, Fabian Society
Dave Rowntree
Drummer from Blur and Labour activist
Mandy Telford (chair)
Dignity at Work Co-ordinator, Unite
3. Politics post-spin: Will the next election be different?
Derek Draper
Former adviser to Peter Mandelson
Peter Kellner
Chairman, YouGov
David Lammy MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Rt Hon Baroness Estelle Morris
Dr Rupa Huq (chair)
Kingston University
4. It's the ecology, stupid: How does Labour reclaim the green agenda?
Paul Flatters
Managing Director, Opinion Leader
Andrew Pakes
Vice Chair, SERA
Martyn Williams
Senior Parliamentary Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Phil Woolas MP
Minister of State for the Environment
5. Show a little faith: Should progressives engage with political Islam?
Nick Cohen
The Observer
Parmjit Dhanda MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government
Rokhsana Fiaz
Founding Director, Change Institute
Ed Husain
Author, The Islamist
Shiv Malik
Journalist and author of upcoming book on British terrorism
Session five
16:15 Question Time
David Aaronovitch
The Times
Wendy Alexander MSP
Leader of the Labour Group, Scottish Parliament
Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP
Former Home Secretary
Dr Tristram Hunt
Queen Mary, University of London
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office
Oona King (chair)
Patron, Progress
17:30 Close
Venue
East Wintergarden
43 Bank Street
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5AB
Contact
Mark HarrisonTel: 020 3008 8180 e-mail: mark@progressives.org.uk
Comments
Posted by Edgar Barden on 31 October 2007, 1:37:47 PM
Stop dodging the most important issue for the long term future of the British people - Europe. A referendum on the latest Europan Union Treaty/constitution/constitutional treaty is absolutely essential.
If this is denied the British people, they will never forgive the hypocrisy and timidity of Gordon Brown and his Labour Party.
Progress reply:
There'll be ample opportunity to raise this issue in the morning seminar entitled 'After Iraq: Can Labour make the case for a progressive foreign policy?'
Look forward to seeing you there.
Tom
Posted by Julian Ware-Lane on 06 November 2007, 4:05:58 PM
i disagree that the issue is being dodged. We live in a representational democracy - not democracy by referenda. Let our MPs debate and decide.
Any referendum on the Treaty will be a refendum on 'Europe in or out' by proxy anyway. This debate is surrounded by so much media hysteria that I do not believe a sensible debate would be possible
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