Peter Bradley is the director of Speakers’ Corner Trust, a national charity which promotes free expression, public debate and active citizenship. SCT has developed a network of local projects in the UK and a national initiative in Nigeria which provide opportunities for people to speak about the issues which matter to them – from global warming to football.

From 1997 to 2005, he was MP for The Wrekin, chairing the Rural Group of Labour MPs between 1997 and 2001 and serving as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Rural Affairs from 2001 to 2005.

Since leaving Parliament, Peter served on the previous Government’s Affordable Rural Housing Commission and the Housing Corporation’s Rural Housing Advisory Group and chaired the Community Stations Initiative.

He is a regular contributor to the press and media and the Patron of AFC Telford United.