On Sunday 16 May 2021, Progress and Policy Network are hosting The Progressive Britain Conference. Join us online as we discuss the challenges facing progressives and the Labour Party as we come to terms with our new post-Brexit, post-Covid world – and their long-term effects on contemporary society.

Featuring speakers from the across the UK and beyond, we’ll be hearing from Keir Starmer and starting a debate on what Labour needs to do to become a genuinely national party again, asking :

What does a progressive future look like for the UK – and what is Labour’s message to the nation?

What policies should Labour pursue if it is to guarantee a progressive recovery?

What are the main social policy challenges to come out of Covid – and how can we ensure that progressives and Labour have the answers to them?

Are our Progressive values fit for the 21st century?

How can we work with fellow progressives across the globe to secure a better, global future?

Guests include:

Sir Keir Starmer MP - Leader of the Labour Party

Anas Sarwar MSP - Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

Bridget Phillipson MP - Shadow Chief Exchequer to the Treasury

Jonathan Reynolds MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions

Steve Reed MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Thangam Debonnaire MP - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

David Miliband – CEO of International Rescue Committee, fmr Foreign Secretary

Wes Streeting MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty

Carolyn Harris MP - Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour

Alison McGovern MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Digital Culture, Media and Sport

Peter Kyle MP - Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice

Peter Mandelson - Fmr Business secretary and European Commissioner

Jackie Baillie MSP – MSP for Dumbarton and Deputy Labour leader of Scottish Labour

Stella Creasy MP – MP for Walthamstow

Jon Cruddas MP – MP for Dagenham and Rainham

Daniel Johnson MSP – MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Labour spokesperson for Finance

Jeremy Miles MS - Education Minister, Welsh government

Darren Jones MP - Chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

Prof Patrick Diamond, Director of the Mile End Institute, QMUL and co-chair of Policy Network

Ashley Dalton - Fmr parliamentary candidate for Rochford and Southend East

Sunny Hundal - Journalist, academic, Vice-chair of East and South East Asians for Labour

Rebecca Moynihan - Irish Senator, Labour Party

Claire Hanna MP – SDLP MP for Belfast South

Cllr Georgia Gould - Leader of Camden London Borough Council

Cllr Johnson Situ - Southwark Council's cabinet member for Growth, Development and Planning

Cllr Sharon Thompson - Cabinet member for homes and neighborhoods on Birmingham City Council

Cllr Farah Hussain — PHD Researcher at Queen Mary University in London, Labour Councilor in Redbridge

Cllr Arroj Shah - Leader of Oldham Council

Cllr Polly Billington - CEO of UK100, a network of local leaders on climate and councilor for De Beauvoir ward in Hackney

Thomas Kralinski - Co-chair, Das Progressive Zentrum

Kirsty Williams – Fmr Welsh Health Minister

Sonny Leong CBE — Social entrepreneur, publisher and educationalist. Vice-chair of East and South East Asians for Labour, co-founder of SME4Labour.

Anthony Watson - British business and technology executive & entrepreneur and human rights activist.

Melanie Onn - MP for Grimsby 2015-19

Chris Curtis - Pollster, Opinium

Sheri Berman - Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Karl Pike - Lecturer in British politics and policy, QMUL

Russell Gunson – Director, IPPR Scotland

Pheona Matovu – Director, Radiant and Brighter

Matt Hood – Principal of Oak National Academy

Dr Rebecca Montacute – Research and Policy Manager, Sutton Trust

Milla Skaug Odergard – Norweigan Labour councilor

Milica Delevic – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Prof. David Edgerton – King’s College London

Prof. Steve Fielding – Professor of Political History, University of Nottingham

Dr Emily Robinson - University of Sussex

Farmida Bi – Chair of global law firm, Norton Rose

Cathy Owens - Deryn Consulting

Dr Harry Pitts- Lecturer in work and employment at Bristol University, co-author of 'Corbynism: A Critical Approach'

Anthony Breach - Centre for Cities

James Frith, former MP for Bury South