Conor Pope is joined by Alison McGovern MP, Luciana Berger MP and mental health professional Joanne Harding to discuss whether we are getting better at talking about mental health, and what effect that is having on treatment. Do we need more integration or less? Just what is parity of esteem? Plus: what exactly is the point of the spring statement?

Further reading:

*Support the Labour Campaign for Mental Health 

*Luciana Berger on Jeremy Hunt’s mental health workforce plan

*Joanne Harding on the struggle for parity

*Liz Dobres on the Tories’ empty words 

*Find out more about the Time to Change Charter 

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Conor Pope, Richard Angell and Katie Curtis discuss free movement, ID cards, what we can learn from Estonia, whether Pinochet led to Brexit and International Women’s Day 2018.

Further reading:

*Fundraiser for Barbara Castle statue 

*Conor Pope on why adopting ID cards is the way forward 

*Richard Angell’s 10 reforms to keep us in the single market 

*Conor Pope on Labour’s immigration divides 

*Maisie Borrows on using blockchain at the border 

*Rosie Corrigan on celebrating generations of feminists 

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The only possible way to stay in the single market is to win over public support for freedom of movement. So what changes can be made within free movement to give us more control over our borders? And is reform to free movement a pipe dream?

Conor Pope, Alison McGovern and Richard Angell are joined by Pat McFadden to discuss whether it's possible to win over voters.

Further reading:

*Pat McFadden’s Marshall plan for the working class 

*James Bloodworth on labour market reforms  

*Richard Angell’s 10 reforms to keep us in the single market  

*Henna Shah on the immigration culture war 

*Progress editorial: We need to cut off the options that allow our opponents to disguise their prejudices as caring about inequality 

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Conor Pope and Sam Bright discuss how Facebook is more social media than social democracy, who to listen to on the Irish border question, and what kind of knitwear to buy to keep out the cold – as well as revealing the answer to this week’s pub quiz question.

Further reading:

*Sam Bright on why it’s time to unfriend Facebook

*Irish Labour leader Brendan Howlin on what the only solution for the Irish border is 

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Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair in No 10, talks to Alison McGovern MP about Brexit and the Irish border. Powell played a unique role in the peace process, helping to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement and the return of power-sharing government to Northern Ireland. As Brexit developments begin to put those achievements in doubt, Powell offers his expert analysis to find a way through the looming crisis.

Speaking on 28 February 2018, this podcast was originally a live event for members of the Progress Thousand Club. If you wish to join the Progress Thousand Club for invitations to exclusive events such as this, you can sign up here: prog.rs/1000

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Conor Pope, Alison McGovern, Rafael Behr and Sam Bright discuss how innovation in technology has changed the way political campaigns are run, what the ‘new basics’ are for an online campaign and whether it is realistic to try and hold big tech companies accountable for what they publish.

Further reading:

*Technology can change the world, says Chi Onwurah 

*Embracing technology is the key to social justice, says Anthony Painter 

*Sadiq Khan’s focus on technology will be a winner for London 

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Conor Pope and Stephanie Lloyd look at the lack of development in education policy, reminisce about the 2010 student protests, respond to listeners’ comments and reveal some exclusive future plans…

Further reading:

*How (not) to solve a problem like education, by Jack May 

*Joe Vinson says the Tories are pushing students into poverty 

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June Sarpong joins Conor Pope, Richard Angell and Henna Shah to discuss why we need to improve diversity in society's structures, what it means to be a pro-Europe campaigner as Brexit hits, and being woke.

Further reading:

*June Sarpong in Progress magazine on why we need diversity inclusion goals

*June Sarpong on why Brexit is not inevitable 

*AncestrDNA’s #EuroPartOfMe campaign 

*Why you should back foreign aid if you’re concerned about immigration 

*Buy Diversify: Six Degrees of Integration 

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Conor Pope and Richard Angell chat about Stella Creasy’s PFI campaign, just what Boris Johnson means by a ‘liberal’ Brexit, and reply to listeners’ comments.

Further reading:

*Keir Bradwell on Boris Johnson’s speech 

*Kate Dearden on how trade unions should respond to changing working conditions 

*Join the Labour Campaign for the Single Market 

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There is a consensus that the old economic model does not work, but not an agreement about what should replace it. Stella Creasy MP talks to Conor Pope and Stephanie Lloyd about PFI, while the IPPR's Tom Kibasi and and Labour in the City’s Allen Simpson discuss what economic justice and consensus might look like in this new era.

Further reading:

*Stella Creasy on how PFI is bankrupting Britain 

*Tom Kibasi on a eulogy for Britain’s economic model 

*Jack May on public-private partnerships post-Carillon 

*Join Stella Creasy’s PFI campaign

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