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It’s getting dirty. The contest for the constituency places on the national executive committee (NEC) of the Labour Party has hit a new low with the circulation of a dodgy dossier seeking to smear the Progress magazine, and by association…
In recent days an anonymous "dossier" emerged that asked a number of questions - and made a number of assertions - about the organisation Progress. This afternoon Progress have released the following statement in response: "In recent days…
In his new pamphlet for the think-tank Progress, Liam Byrne argues that Labour’s future electoral success depends on adaptation to the ‘new centre-ground’ – a lesson at the core of our 1997 victory. It is a focused approach to the new…
Andrew Adonis is to become the new chair of Progress, with five new vice-chairs from the 2010 intake joining the organisation's team. Speaking this morning, Adonis said: "'I'm excited to be helping Progress in its hugely important work in…
Only hours after watching Ed Miliband on Channel 4 News say the Occupy camp at St Pauls 'reflected the concerns of millions', I was amazed to read Progress turn its fire on the same movement, condemning it as an 'unpalatable smorgasbord'…
I’m pleased to announce I am re-standing for a second two year term as a constituency representative on Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The team I am part of consists of the following six candidates for the six places: · Luke…
Each day of conference we'll be bringing you our pick of the day's fringe events. Obviously today the main highlight (as far as we're concerned) is our fringe event on party reform - featuring Peter Hain MP: Refounding Labour? Where next…
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts At the last general election, I lived in Cumbria in Tim Farron's constituency. I was just starting to get involved in the Labour Party and after tentatively arriving at my first CLP meeting I was made, by…
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I have a confession to make. I reacted intemperately to the news this April that the Purple Book was being written. I didn't like the name as I thought it would disconcert grassroots activists, and I didn't…
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I was in the audience for Tony Blair's speech to Progress on Friday and thought I ought to write some kind of reaction. First off, I'm unapologetic about having worn the label "Blairite" over the years with…
By Mark Ferguson / @markferguson The adoring crowd entered the room at the Progress 15th birthday bash to the slightly discordant strains of Queen and Lady Gaga. Freddie Mercury blasted out a somewhat ironic "don't stop me now", but the…
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand This column is not going to make me popular. It's not going to make the people with whom I most often agree politically feel happy. It might even raise a timid smile to lips of the members of the Labour Party…
