Difference between revisions of "Institute for Public Policy Research"
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*Dr [[Chai Patel]] - Secretary | *Dr [[Chai Patel]] - Secretary | ||
*Professor [[Kumar Bhattacharyya]] - former adviser to Thatcher [http://www.kkbooks.com/kumar%20bhattachrayya.html] | *Professor [[Kumar Bhattacharyya]] - former adviser to Thatcher [http://www.kkbooks.com/kumar%20bhattachrayya.html] | ||
| − | *Lord Brooke - formed TUC general council member | + | *[[Lord Brooke]] - formed TUC general council member |
| − | *Lord Eatwell - former advisor to Neil Kinnock | + | *[[Lord Eatwell]] - former advisor to Neil Kinnock |
*[[Bob Gavron|Lord Gavron]] (ex of [[Nicky Gavron]]), and ex-chair of the [[Guardian]] | *[[Bob Gavron|Lord Gavron]] (ex of [[Nicky Gavron]]), and ex-chair of the [[Guardian]] | ||
*Dr [[Chris Gibson-Smith]] - has been chair of London Stock Exchange, and the National Air Traffic Servives | *Dr [[Chris Gibson-Smith]] - has been chair of London Stock Exchange, and the National Air Traffic Servives | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 5 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
- Chris Powell - Chairman
- Jeremy Hardie - Treasurer - also chairman of Opendemocracy, and of WH Smith
- Dr Chai Patel - Secretary
- Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya - former adviser to Thatcher [3]
- Lord Brooke - formed TUC general council member
- Lord Eatwell - former advisor to Neil Kinnock
- Lord Gavron (ex of Nicky Gavron), and ex-chair of the Guardian
- Dr Chris Gibson-Smith - has been chair of London Stock Exchange, and the National Air Traffic Servives
- Professor Anthony Giddens - from the LSE
- Lord Hollick - of United News and Media
- Dr Jane Humphries - historian from Oxford
- Dr Roger Jowell - from National Centre for Social Research, Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends - another LSE person
- Neil Kinnock - former Labour leader
- Richard Lambert - former editor of the Financial Times
- Professor David Marquand - from oxford university
- Frances O'Grady - deputy sec general of TUC
- Sir Michael Perry
- David Pitt-Watson - managing director of various financial etc companies
- Dave Prentis - secretary general of Unisom
- (Lord) David Puttnam - filmmaker?
- Sir Martin Rees - the Astronomer Royal
- Jan Royall - head of the European Commission Office in Wales, former aide to Kinnock
- Ed Sweeney -
- Baroness Shirley Williams
- Baroness Young of Old Scone
