The Road Ahead
In this pamphlet, Labour leader Keir Starmer MP sets out his vision of a fairer, more secure and prosperous Britain, built on Labour values.
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The Fabians at Labour party conference
2 September 2021
FRINGE PROGRAMME: Join the Fabian Society in Brighton for three days of events with leading Labour figures
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COUNTER CULTURE
2 September 2021
KIRSTY MCNEILL & ROGER HARDING explore how progressives should navigate their way through the culture wars.
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The Fabian Review
This edition of the Fabian Review looks at Labour and state power, featuring Kenneth Morgan, Justina Cruickshank and Tim Durrant. Plus, Vanesha Singh talks to Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford.
Also in this issue, Darren Jones MP on climate change; Marvin Rees on rethinking our approach to drugs; Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP on protecting refugees; Alan Milburn with a new vision for social democratic parties; and an elections special with Paul Whiteley and Daphne Halikiopoulou.
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High impact
25 September 2021
ANDREW HARROP: Labour cannot go into the next election with wild spending promises. It needs to offer ambitious but low-cost social democracy.
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The Road Ahead - key extracts
22 September 2021
A selection of key lines from the Labour leader's new Fabian Society pamphlet
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Fabian Society publishes 'The Road Ahead' by Keir Starmer MP
22 September 2021
The Labour leader sets out his vision for a 'contribution society' in new Fabian pamphlet
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Thinking about government in opposition
16 September 2021
ANDREW HARROP: Over the summer the Fabian Society brought together think tankers, Whitehall veterans and leading Labour figures to ask what Labour’s priorities should be for the machinery of government.
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Policing history
14 September 2021
MEGHAN TINSLEY: Labour must go further in the fight against institutional racism.
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New foundations
13 September 2021
JUSTINA CRUICKSHANK: Westminster isn’t working. Labour must back electoral reform.
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Prizing the Public Pound
In this pamphlet, John Tizard and David Walker make the case for fundamental reform of the way spending decisions are made and checked. They argue that Labour should recover and celebrate its strong tradition of innovation in the mechanics of effecti...
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Counter Culture
In this pamphlet, Kirsty McNeill and Roger Harding argue that we all have a role to play in denying the culture wars peddlers the fight they want. Instead of letting people distract or divide us, we should build a new solidarity strategy, with a posi...
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Early years commission
A new report from the Early Years Commission, jointly run by the Centre for Social Justice and the Fabian Society, puts forward a number of recommendations to transform the lives of our youngest children.
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STATUTORY SICK PAY
The statutory sick pay scheme has major problems that need to be addressed. Our latest report puts forward a number of recommendations for reform.
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Going with the grain
New Fabian Society research on public attitudes to social security reveals a groundswell of support for increasing benefit payments.
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Hearts and minds
In this collection, Labour MPs look to the future, setting out what the party must do to regain the confidence of working people. Labour under Keir Starmer has made real progress in re-establishing a serious claim to be considered an alternative gove...
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A voice for the future
A year-long research project by the Scottish Fabians and FEPS finds that devolution is at risk from 'no change' unionists, and 'no compromise' nationalists, and argues for Scottish Labour to reassert itself as pro-UK, pro-devolution and passionately ...
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Building Bridges
In this pamphlet, Sally Gimson puts forward a range of policies to help Labour reconnect with voters and build a wide coalition across cities, towns and the countryside to defeat the Tories in 2024.
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Who loses?
New Fabian Society research finds that over 700,000 people in working or disabled households are to be pulled into poverty by universal credit cuts.
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Sharing the Future
The final report of the two-year Commission on Workers and Technology calls for major reforms to improve work, empower workers, and ensure the whole economy can benefit from new technology.
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Affordable connections
To keep people connected to essential technologies, this paper proposes a British broadband discount scheme, modelled on the Warm Home Discount for energy bills and the US social tariff scheme Lifeline.
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Double Trouble
New Fabian Society analysis shows that planned benefit cuts could push between 1 and 3 million people into poverty.
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Cultured communities
Our new report highlights the long-standing crisis in arts and culture funding, fuelled by a decade of government cuts, that has left community arts and culture extremely vulnerable to lockdown, especially outside London.
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Better off
This report examines key economic policy priorities for the left after the coronavirus shock and ensuing recession and explores how these policies should be designed to reshape the British economy in the long term.
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The self-employment justice gap
This report makes the case for an online dispute resolution (ODR) service for self-employed workers and explores the role such a service could provide. It shows that self-employed workers face challenges distinct from employees and argues for new sys...
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