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The '''Institute for Public Policy Research''' (IPPR)is a UK think tank with links to the [[Labour Party]].  It describes itself as "progressive".
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The IPPR is organizing an extensive series of fringe events at the 2004 [[Labour Party conference]], in association with the television station [[Channel 4]] [http://www.ippr.org/brighton2004/].
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==History==
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According to the IPPR website, the organisation was "founded by Lord Hollick who developed the idea for an independent progressive think tank in 1986." [http://www.ippr.org.uk/about/]
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==Personnel==
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'''IPPR Trustees'''
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*[[Chris Powell]] - Chairman
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*[[Jeremy Hardie]] - Treasurer - also chairman of [[Opendemocracy]], and of WH Smith
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*Dr [[Chai Patel]] - Secretary
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*Professor [[Kumar Bhattacharyya]] - former adviser to Thatcher [http://www.kkbooks.com/kumar%20bhattachrayya.html]
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*Lord Brooke - formed TUC general council member
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*Lord Eatwell - former advisor to Neil Kinnock
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*[[Bob Gavron|Lord Gavron]] (ex of [[Nicky Gavron]]), and ex-chair of the [[Guardian]]
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*Dr [[Chris Gibson-Smith]] - has been chair of London Stock Exchange, and the National Air Traffic Servives
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*Professor [[Anthony Giddens]] - from the LSE
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*Lord Hollick - of [[United News and Media]]
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*Dr [[Jane Humphries]] - historian from Oxford
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*Dr [[Roger Jowell]] - from [[National Centre for Social Research]], [[Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends]] - another LSE person
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*[[Neil Kinnock]] - former Labour leader
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*[[Richard Lambert]] - former editor of the Financial Times
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*Professor [[David Marquand]] - from oxford university
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*[[Frances O'Grady]] - deputy sec general of TUC
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*Sir [[Michael Perry]]
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*[[David Pitt-Watson]] - managing director of various financial etc companies
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*[[Dave Prentis]] - secretary general of Unisom
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*(Lord) [[David Puttnam]] - filmmaker?
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*Sir [[Martin Rees]] - the Astronomer Royal
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*[[Jan Royall]] - head of the European Commission Office in Wales, former aide to Kinnock
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*[[Ed Sweeney]] -
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*Baroness [[Shirley Williams]]
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*[[Janet Young|Baroness Young of Old Scone]]
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==External Link==
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*http://www.ippr.org.uk/

Revision as of 16:43, 1 July 2006

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)is a UK think tank with links to the Labour Party. It describes itself as "progressive".

The IPPR is organizing an extensive series of fringe events at the 2004 Labour Party conference, in association with the television station Channel 4 [1].

History

According to the IPPR website, the organisation was "founded by Lord Hollick who developed the idea for an independent progressive think tank in 1986." [2]

Personnel

IPPR Trustees

External Link

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