Policy Connect is a British cross-party think tank that was founded in 1995 by Labour MP Barry Sheerman. The organization is primarily known for running all-party parliamentary groups.

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Policy Connect

Formation	1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Legal status	Not-for-profit
Headquarters	32-36 Loman Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 0EH
Key people	Barry Sheerman MP (Chairman) Chris White (Vice-Chair) Jonathan Shaw (CEO)
Website	www.policyconnect.org.uk

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Sheerman is the current Chair of the Board of Policy Connect, and Chris White was formerly the Vice-Chair. Both have been also Co-Chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group.^[1]

Policy Connect runs more than 17 political groups for commissions, each working within a different policy field, as well as providing the secretariat to several formal All-Party Parliamentary Groups. As such, the organization has at times been described as a ‘network’ of policy groups. Policy Connect works in five primary policy areas:

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