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Progress Annual Conference 2011
21 May 2011
Winning back Britain - New Ideas for New Labour. Held at Congress Centre, 23-28 Great Russell Street, WC1
Headline Speakers
Angela Eagle MP
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Ed Miliband MP
Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the Labour Party
This conference brought together Labour members and trade unionists from across the country with senior politicians, union leaders, councillors and political commentators.
Programme
10:10
‘The State of the Party’
Caroline Flint MP, shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary;
Mary Riddell, columnist, Daily Telegraph;
Cllr Nick Forbes, leader, Newcastle City Council;
Deborah Mattinson, author and founder, BritainThinks;
Chair – Stephen Twigg MP, chair, Progress.
11:15
Economic competence: Does Labour have a credibility deficit?
Angela Eagle MP, shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury;
Roger Liddle, chair, Policy Network;
Michael Stephenson, general secretary ,The Coop Party;
Ben Shimshon, director, BritainThinks.
13:30
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Keynote address
Biography: Ed Miliband MP
14:15
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Question and answer session
Biography: Ed Miliband MP
14:30
The Big Society: Have the Tories stolen Labour’s Big Idea?
Tessa Jowell MP, shadow Cabinet Office minister;
Phillip Blond, director, ResPublica;
Maurice Glasman, academic and Labour peer;
Cllr Paul Brant, deputy leader, Liverpool City Council.
16:00
Progress Question Time, Chair: Simon Fanshawe, writer and broadcaster
Douglas Alexander MP, shadow Foreign Secretary;
Oona King, Labour peer;
David Aaronovitch, writer and broadcaster;
Jacqui Smith, former Home Secretary.