Thom is Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy at Newcastle University and he has been a visiting fellow at Oxford, St Andrews, and Uppsala. Brooks is an active public speaker delivering 100+ lectures in the UK and internationally. Brooks has published several books including The Global Justice Reader (2008), The Right to a Fair Trial …

Florence Nosegbe is a Labour Councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth, representing Brixton Hill ward.  She has held a number of key positions, including a term as the Chair of Housing Scrutiny Committee and the Deputy Cabinet Member for Communities & Young People.  Florence is now currently the Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport & …

Richard Angell is now deputy director at Progress. He studied public policy and government management at Birmingham University where he got involved in student politics, and he now gets involved in everything from door-to-door canvassing to campaigning during local by-elections. He was national chair of Young Labour until April 2009, and is active in his …

Callum Munro is the youth representative on Labour’s NEC. He was a campaign coordinator on the Scottish YoungLabour National Committee, and has worked for his local MSP. Callum is also his CLP’s youth and student officer. Regions available to speak in: East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East, North West, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, …

Ellie Reeves is a member of Labour’s National Executive Committee and sits on the Joint Policy Committee. Ellie is also currently a lawyer at Thompsons Solicitors. Regions available to speak in: East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East, North West, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber Topics available to speak on: …

Luke Akehurst was elected to Labour’s NEC as a CLP Representative in 2010. He was also National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6, parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005) and has been a Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) since 2002. Luke was also Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, and Chair of Health Scrutiny. Regions …

Jenny was elected MP for Darlington in 2010. Previously she worked as senior parliamentary researcher for Darlington Labour MP Alan Milburn. She was elected as a Darlington councillor for the Cockerton West ward in 2007. She served on the council’s cabinet. Jenny co-authored a chapter of The Purple Book with Jacqui Smith titled ‘Cutting crime and …

Anna started her career as a fast-stream civil servant in the Home Office where she worked on a range of issues including youth crime, policing, immigration and community involvement in the criminal justice system. She worked as special adviser to David Blunkett MP in the Department for Work and Pensions, focusing on child poverty and …

Andrew joined the Labour party in November 2010, after a high-profile defection from the Liberal Democrats. In May 2010 Andrew (then 23) was one of the youngest PPCs in the country and contested his home seat of Hertford & Stortford. Andrew joined the Labour party in opposition to the Coalition’s policies on the economy and …

Mark Rusling is a Labour and Co-operative party councillor in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, where he is the junior cabinet member for employment and child poverty. He is a former Chair of the Young Fabians and has worked in the legal and energy industries, as well as for a UN think-tank. Mark is …

Jamie McMahon is a Labour Party activist working for the Labour Group of Nottingham City Council. As agent to Nottingham Labour Party, Jamie organised campaigning and Group activities across three constituencies, overseeing the election of 50 of 55 Labour councillors in 2011. Jamie was also a Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate at the 2010 general election, …

Wes was re-elected by a wide margin to the post of president of the NUS, after having served as NUS’ vice-president for Education. He has a strong interest in education policy, particularly on widening participation, and has held a number of positions within the higher education sector, notably membership of the ‘Burgess Group’ on measuring …

Jessica Asato was until recently acting director of Progress. Prior to working at Progress, Jessica was a health policy researcher at the Social Market Foundation focusing on the issues of demographic change and paying for older people’s care, and was director of the Labour Yes! Campaign in favour of AV. Jessica is a former chair …

An active Labour campaigner, Steve will be well known to members in Devon and across the south west as Ben Bradshaw’s parliamentary advisor for three and a half years. Working as a key member of Ben’s campaign team in Exeter, Steve wrote Ben’s campaign materials, drafted speeches and advised on key issues across the region. He was also very proud to spend time supporting colleagues in Exeter and beyond in local council elections. When not campaigning for Labour, Steve works in public affairs advising charities, campaign groups and businesses on the legislative landscape and appropriate messaging strategies. Alongside his membership of Progress, Steve is also on the national executive of the Young Fabians as Equalities Officer and is a member of Unite the union. In a previous life, Steve twice stood for election as a local council candidate in Salford and was very pleased to reduce the Liberal Democrat majority from over 400 to under 100, giving them a bit of a fright!