Chair & patrons

Progress is chaired by Stephen Twigg. Our vice chairs are Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP, secretary of state for health; Chris Leslie, director, New Local Government Network; Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, secretary of state for energy & climate change; Baroness Delyth Morgan; and Meg Munn MP. Progress’s honorary president is Alan Milburn, the former secretary of state for health and MP for Darlington. Our Patrick Diamond is our Secretary.

Our patrons are: Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Wendy Alexander MSP, Ian Austin MP, Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Rt Hon John Denham MP, Parmjit Dhanda MP, Natascha Engel MP, Lorna Fitzsimons, Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Rt Hon John Healey MP, Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP, Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Rt Hon Baroness Jay, Baroness Jones, Sadiq Khan MP, Oona King, Baroness Kinnock, Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Cllr Richard Leese, Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Rt David Miliband MP, Trevor Phillips, Baroness Prosser, Rt Hon James Purnell MP, Jane Roberts, Lord Triesman, Kitty Ussher MP.