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Claire Ainsley

Director of the Project on Center-Left Renewal

Claire Ainsley is the Director of the Project on Center-Left Renewal at the Progressive Policy Institute. Claire joined PPI in 2023. She served as Executive Director for Policy for Opposition Leader Keir Starmer from 2020-2022. Claire also served as the Executive Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, where she led JRF’s work on the social and political attitudes of people with low incomes. She is the author of “The New Working Class: How to Win Hearts, Minds and Votes,” which was published in May 2018.

Recent Work

Feature  |  May 20, 2025

Ainsley for Re:State: The Case for Remaking the State

  • Claire Ainsley
In the News  |  May 4, 2025

Ainsley in The New York Times: After 100 Years, Britain’s Two-Party Political System May Be Crumbling

  • Claire Ainsley
Op-Ed  |  April 23, 2025

Ainsley and Mattinson for The New European: How Populism Gives Youth Wings

  • Claire Ainsley Deborah Mattinson
In the News  |  April 23, 2025

Ainsley for The Spectator’s Coffee House Shots Podcast: St George’s Day: Who is the Most Patriotic Leader?

  • Claire Ainsley
Op-Ed  |  March 25, 2025

Ainsley for The Political Quarterly: After Biden: Lessons for Labour and the Global Centre-Left from the United States

  • Claire Ainsley
Op-Ed  |  March 21, 2025

Ainsley for The Liberal Patriot: What U.S. Democrats Can Learn from the German Election

  • Claire Ainsley
In the News  |  February 27, 2025

Ainsley in Leading Britain’s Conversation: Tonight with Andrew Marr

  • Claire Ainsley
In the News  |  February 27, 2025

Ainsley in CNN: Trump has been flirting with Putin. Can Keir Starmer woo him back to the West?

  • Claire Ainsley

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Project on Center-Left Renewal

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