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How do we change politics?

With a recent report from the Democratic Audit concluding democracy in Britain is in "long-term terminal decline", the Fabian Society’s annual House of Commons Tea event discussed ways to make politics relevant again and how Labour in particular can help...

Getting back to normal?

This might sound odd given their obvious mutual dislike but it is possible that Ed Balls and George Osborne have more in common that you think; something pretty fundamental in fact. What binds them is their shared faith that, sooner...

The beginnings of a new social democracy

Over the last 60 years, European social democracy has moved (though with varying degrees across nations) from ascendancy in the post-war era to marginalisation from the early 1980s and then to 'The Third Way' period of accommodation to markets from...

Liz Kendall: government making "massive mistake" on social care

On the eve of publication of the government's care and support white paper, Liz Kendall tells the Fabian Review that the Treasury would be making a “massive mistake” not to support Andrew Dilnot’s proposed £35,000 cap on individual payments of...

“Labour wins when it combines method with meaning”

At last Saturday’s Fabian summer conference, Labour’s general secretary, Iain McNicol, argued:

“Labour had nearly two million conversations between January and May this year. Imagine if all those conversations tweeted as #LabourDoorstep were about more than just voting intentions. If we had...

It's about Democracy, not Diamond

If the Ed Miliband camp cites the resignation of Bob Diamond this morning as a victory and the culmination of a weekend spent campaigning and lecturing, they will have completely misunderstood how high the stakes are.

Bob Diamond now has plenty...

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