The political pressure for Labour to accept George Osborne’s spending envelope will be intense. In a new essay from the forthcoming Fabian Review magazine, General Secretary of the Fabian Society, Andrew Harrop, explains why its crucial Labour should resist the political pressure...
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Shortly after the Labour party conference in October, Ed Miliband gave a speech about a ‘one nation’ approach to mental health.
He talked of mental health as a challenge that affects us all, no matter who we are. Given that one...
Childcare is back on the political agenda. In part this is because although Labour diminished the inequalities which entrenched during 18 years of Conservative rule (see figure 1), the party’s commitment to reduce child poverty by half was unfulfilled. Equally,...
We welcome YouGov’s research for the Fabian Society into the culture of politics as seen by voters and non-voters. It gives fresh insights into the widening gulf, highlighted in the most recent Hansard Society Audit of Political Engagement, between modern...
Last year the Fabian Society conducted a poll of its membership and asked if Fabians thought Liberal Democrats were ‘potential partners’ or ‘enemies’. It found an almost even split within our membership, with 44 per cent saying partners and 56...
Roger Scruton is someone you want to like. Anyone who writes on the philosophy of wine, on the nature of beauty, and on why conservatives should care more about the environment (as he does in this book) seems an affable...