Progress

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Founders	Peter Mandelson, Paul Richards, Liam Byrne, Derek Draper, Kate Dixon, David Sainsbury
Headquarters	London
Membership	Andrew Adonis, Douglas Alexander, Wendy Alexander, Richard Angell, Jessica Asato, Ian Austin, James Beckles, Jeremy Beecham, Theo Blackwell, Hazel Blears, Paul Brant, Tom Brooks Pollock, Andy Burnham, Kay Carberry, Jenny Chapman, Tony Clarke, Christabel Cooper, Mark Day, John Denham, Gloria De Piero, Stephen Doughty, Patrick Diamond, Parmjit Dhanda, Julie Elliott, Natascha Engel, Matthew Faulding, Lorna Fitzsimons, Jennifer Gerber, Sheila Gilmore, Mary Goudie, Peter Hain, John Hannett, Joanne Harding, Jonathan Hawkes, John Healey, Margaret Hodge, Rachel Hodson, Beverley Hughes, Tristram Hunt, John Hutton, Susan Hitch, Joyce Hytner, Dan Jarvis, Margaret Jay, Tom Jennings, Maggie Jones, Samantha Jury-Dada, Gerald Kaufman, Sadiq Khan, Liz Kendall, Glenys Kinnock, Oona King, David Lammy, Adam Langleben, David Lawrence, Richard Leese, Chris Leslie, Roger Liddle, Seema Malhotra, Joe Mann, Pat McFadden, Alison McGovern, Jonathan Mendelsohn, Alan Milburn, David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Michael Montague, Delyth Morgan, Meg Munn, Darren Murphy, Jerome Neil, Florence Nosegbe, Terry Paul, Toby Perkins, Trevor Phillips, Robert Philpot, Bridget Phillipson, Conor Pope, Lucy Powell, Jean Prosser, James Purnell, Steve Reed, Claire Reynolds, Jonathan Reynolds, Vijay Riyait, Jane Roberts, Tony Robinson, Joan Ryan, Anas Sarwar, Rachael Saunders, Hopi Sen, Allen Simpson, Nick Smith, Wes Streeting, Mandy Telford, Jane Thomas, Ed Thornton, David Triesman, Stephen Twigg, Kitty Ussher, Emily Wallace, Phil Wilson, Mary Wimbury, Martin Winter, John Woodcock, Nathan Yeowell
	Think thank connected to the UK Labour Party, founded by the supermarket tycoon Lord Sainsbury in 1996 to support the leadership of Tony Blair.

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]

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.

References

[1] ttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/11/21/corb-n21.html

[2] ttps://www.progressonline.org.uk/about-us/

[3] ttps://labourlist.org/2026/01/celebrating-thirty-years-of-progress/

[4] ttps://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/03/labour-party-within-progress

[5] Progress About Us, accessed 1 November 2009

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