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15 July 2025

Breaking Ground

The government is committed to building 1.5m new homes during this parliament. This is necessary, but will be extremely challenging – in large part thanks to an inheritance of record-low planning approvals, housing ‘starts’ and housing ‘completions’ from the last government. The last time England completed more than 300,000 new homes in a single year – which is the rate we would need to build at to meet the 1.5m target – was over half a century ago, in 1969-70. Across the last 10 years, new homes completions averaged just 158,000 annually.

This briefing explores the implications of this government’s inheritance. It shows how property prices have dramatically risen since 2002, and highlights the accompanying collapse in planning approvals, starts and completions. It also explores what the trajectory of housebuilding over the lifetime of this parliament could look like if the government is to meet its ambitious 1.5m target.

Breaking ground Housing

Only Halfway?

17 May 2025

In this pamphlet, Dr Purna Sen and Dr Sara Hyde present a rights-based framework through which to build a country and a world that works for women and girls. Centring elimination, they argue that the government’s pledge to halve VAWG within 10 years must be a milestone, not a final destination.

Only halfway? Women

Where's the Harm?

1 July 2025

In this pamphlet, Dr Beccy Cooper MP makes the case for a fundamental shift in how we understand and respond to gambling in the UK, calling for a public health approach to gambling which prioritises prevention, regulation, and population-level protection.

Where’s the harm? Health

The Fabian Review

Spring 2025, Volume 137 - No.1

This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on the turbulent political landscape of Europe, featuring Caroline Gray, Matthias Dilling, Luke John Davies, Emma Fastesson Lindgren, and Judith Kirton-Darling. In conversation with Iggy Wood, Liam Byrne discusses inequality, populism, and sci-fi. Elsewhere, Paul Mason and Margaret Pinder discuss Labour's defence plans.

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