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1994 Matthew Owen Maggie Rae 1995 Vernon Hince Anna Killick and Greg Power Charter88 Ben Lucas Fionna McTaggert Janet Heatley Miles Walker Margaret Mythia Gary Owen Peter Gluckman Duncan Bowie 1996 Tessa Jowell Rory O'Kelly Marsden Pirie Anne Worsley Mike Yates 1997 Joyce Sampson Race Nick Butler Britain's Foreign Policy David Prachard Shopping and Social Exclusion Paul Richards The Monarchy 1998 John McTernan Welfare Tim Lang Maggie Cozin Phil Woodfern Simon McKeown Julie Mills David Bell Philip Coleman 1999 Munir Malik Sandy Lesley Chris Hughes John McTernan John Sherwood 2000 Robert Oaten Aubyn Graham Michael Jacob Paul Simpson Recent elections and the 21st Century Party proposals Chris Purnell Employment Law - current changes and the case for an anti discrimination act Gavin Moore Regeneration and Transport Paul Richards Does Labour need a second term ? Ami Ibitson Community Legal Service 2001 Clare Joy What progress has been made against globalization since Seattle Brian McHenry The BSE enquirey - lessons of the Phillips Report and its value for public enquiries generally John Sunderland  Refugees and Human Rights Dr David Haslam Christian Socialist Alliance Paul Richards Is the party over ? Kathy O'Kelly Recent Developments in long term care for elderly and disabled people Donald Roy The NHS - Does it have a future ? 2002 Colin Crouch Is London Expanding too fast ? Dr Peter Latham Campaign against mayors and in defence of local government Rory O'Kelly Privatisation revisited Tim Chapman The provision of affordable housing Kathryn Smyth Corporate Responsibilty James McGlynn and John Harvey Increased democracy and Direct Votes 2003 Tom Sleigh Poverty, the government's agenda, its achievments and its inadequacies Trevor Fisher The present state of the Labour Party in Parliament and in the country Adrian Delemore Recent Developments in the NHS. Jeremy Ross Dilemas for the non profit sector in a plural economy for public services John Courtneidge Co-operative Socialism Richard Hart The recent Labour Party Conference Donald Roy International Law and the Middle East 2004 Roger Wicks Does Labour have a Family Policy Rory O'Kelly Recent findings from work on Mental Health Benefits outreach. Sally Prentice Public Sector Reform Andrew Scott Running on Empty Catherine Needham Deepening Democracy, methods of involving people in the delivery of services Rachel Reeve 2004 conference and related matters 2005 Graham Copp For a Social Europe Paula Knight BBC charter renewal Duncan Bowie The History of Democratic Socialism Henry Abraham Traffic in London John Lett The London Economy George Leahy Choice and Accountability in Education. 2006 John McTernan New Labour, the Forward Agenda John Mackay Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion Sarah Hughes Post Conflict Development in Uganda Alex Nixson Climate Change and London Karen Buck MP The Political Situation Simon Tait Labour and Cultural Policy 2007 Tim Powell Legal aid Reform Duncan Bowie Draft New Chartist Manifesto Hannah Jameson British Muslims, Citizenship and Integration Rory O'Kelly Incapacity Benefit and Freud Review Peter Kenyon Why Save the Labour Party Gary Cox Olympics and Thames Gateway John Lynes Peacekeeping in Palestine Kate Green Child Poverty Don Flynn Migration and Immigration Policy Jo Dungey Reviving Local Democracy 2008 Dave Wetzel Land and Taxation Meg Russell Lords Reform Suresh   Pushpanathan NHS Funding Ellie Levenson Feminism in the 21st Century Melanie Smallman Labour and Environment Policy Nia Griffith The Case for Progressive Taxation