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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

Podcast  |  October 1, 2026

Ainsley on The Spectator Podcast Coffee House Shots: Can Andy Keep Up With His Promises?

  • Claire Ainsley
Publication  |  September 16, 2026

Build Back Belief: France Update

  • Deborah Mattinson Claire Ainsley Chris Clarke
Publication  |  September 14, 2026

Change Britain Build Back Belief: UK Update

  • Deborah Mattinson Claire Ainsley
Op-Ed  |  July 24, 2026

Ainsley and Mattinson in Politico Magazine: A New Report Offers a Stark Warning to Centrists in France

  • Claire Ainsley Deborah Mattinson
Op-Ed  |  July 19, 2026

Ainsley and Mattinson for The Observer: Why working-class voters have turned their backs on Labour

  • Claire Ainsley Deborah Mattinson
In the News  |  July 1, 2026

Ainsley on Moral Maze: Are America’s founding ideals a reality or a myth?

  • Claire Ainsley
In the News  |  June 29, 2026

Ainsley on The Good Fight Club: Why the Center Left Is Losing, the Squad vs. the Median Voter, and How Patriotism Wins Elections

  • Claire Ainsley
Op-Ed  |  June 16, 2026

Ainsley for Fondation Jean Jaures: The “Third Left”: Sovereign Citizens

  • Claire Ainsley

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Project on Center-Left Renewal

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