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The latest news, analysis and opinion from the Fabian Society including highlights from the Fabian Review and web-exclusive commentary and insight.
Moral obligation
PURNA SEN: The government is largely out of step with the public on violence against women – it must do more
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A new threat
ANNELIESE DODDS MP: Reform UK is part of a global backlash against women's hard-won freedoms
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Public good
KIRITH ENTWISTLE: to build stronger communities, the government needs new council houses
Read more Housing
Hard Wired
JOSH ARNOLD-FOSTER: The Strategic Defence Review offers a chance to unite the Treasury and the MoD
Read more Defence
Dangerous Territory
RUTH EHRLICH: The ECHR is crucial to defend the rights of the most vulnerable in the UK. The government should advocate for its reform, not its destruction
Read more Human rights
Unsung Hero
DR DAVID MCKINSTRY: The success of the film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reflects the enduring influence of her Irish roots
Read more Northern Ireland / History
Bottom line
CLAIRE AINSLEY: The Democrats' recent successes across the Atlantic show that a dogged focus on affordability can defeat the right
Read more Economy / Elections
Common Good
ZACK HASSAN: To secure the NHS's future, policymakers must ensure that public ownership remains at its heart
Read more Health
Prophylactic measures
BECCY COOPER MP: Our sexual health services are in a worrying state - the government cannot afford to ignore them
Read more Health
Silent majority
TIM ROOT: Tackling the climate crisis depends on uniting a wider cross-section of voters
Read more Climate
Frontline
PAULETTE HAMILTON MP: A sustainable health service needs a proactive, community-first approach backed by significant investment
Read more Health
Road to recovery
Wes Streeting has one of the toughest jobs in politics: putting the NHS back on track. He talks to IGGY WOOD about Labour’s 10-year plan – and how he pushes for change from inside the cabinet
Read more Health / Foreign policy / LGBTQ+
Great exploitations
ANNA GANLEY: The government needs to introduce tighter regulations to protect authors' copyright against AI
Read more Artificial intelligence / Arts and creative industries
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Glimmer of hope
18 March 2026
VITTORIO TREVITT: After 30 years of authoritarian rule, Bobi Wine offers Uganda a renewed vision of social democracy
Continue Reading Foreign policy
Solid State
18 March 2026
AOIFE DONAGHY: The public, and workers, are key to successfully embedding AI into the state
Continue Reading Artificial intelligence
Close to home
9 March 2026
BRADLEY YOUNG: Sam Fender's latest album captures a positive vision of working-class English solidarity.
Continue Reading Culture
Renewing the Fabric
27 February 2026
JACOB TAYLOR: more devolved powers could help solve Britain’s affordability crisis
Continue Reading Devolution / Economy
Unity of purpose
18 February 2026
LUKE MURPHY MP: Living standards must be at the heart of Labour's offer to the public
Continue Reading Economy
All that is solid
13 February 2026
PAUL RICHARDS AND GARY DENT: NATO’s principles of co-operation and coexistence must be defended against increasingly hostile foreign actors
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Anatomy of success
This paper draws on previous lessons from past health service modernisation initiatives. It identifies key decisions the government must get right, if it wants to achieve its health goals over the next decade and deliver world-class care to all.
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Testing Times
The aim of this collection of short essays, edited by Ed Turner, Luke Raikes and Iggy Wood, is to dive into debates about devolution across Europe, often triggered by experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic, to inform the UK as it considers reform in th...
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Beyond numbers
For many years, England has been in the grip of a disastrous housing crisis. Chronically low rates of building have made both renting and buying a home extraordinarily expensive, and millions are suffering as a result.
Quantity, however, is not th...
Nye's lost legacy
Against the backdrop of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s independent investigation into healthy and inclusive work, Sasjkia Otto sets out an ambitious vision for a universal and integrated occupational health system, matched by rights and responsibilities. In ...
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Forward Planning
This report sets out how the government can ensure that owner-occupiers are able to age well in their own home. It identifies the scale of the challenge faced by older owner-occupiers, the barriers to improving housing, and the case for action. The r...
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Rural futures
This pamphlet brings together rural MPs with a variety of experts and policymakers to explore the future of our countryside. As the authors set out, the potential of Britain’s rural areas is immense. By seeing rural areas as an social and economic as...
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Pressing issues
In this pamphlet, journalists and experts set out the problems that characterise the media landscape, propose a range of changes to improve standards, and set out how the government can uphold the rights of journalists both at home and around the wor...
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Ill-prepared
In this report, Eloise Sacares and Luke Raikes make the case for sick pay for the self-employed, review support in the UK and other countries, and set out recommendations for the government to consider.
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Levying up
The Labour government has committed to reforming the apprenticeship levy into a ‘growth and skills levy’, giving employers more flexibility. In this report, general secretary Joe Dromey and senior researcher Sasjkia Otto set out a series of recommend...
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Repair, reuse, recycle
This policy briefing sets out how government policy can upscale the circular economy. It first sets out the key features of the circular economy in England, before identifying practical steps to reduce unnecessary waste and upscale the circular econo...
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Equal Footing
Anneliese Dodds MP explains how Labour's ambitious agenda to tackle inequality will benefit us all.
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Whatever the Weather
Fabian Society researcher Eloise Sacares makes the case for climate adaptation, identifying three key areas of life which will be severely impacted by climate change and in which practical changes in government policy could make a significant differe...
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The Final Furlong
In spite of Labour's extremely strong polling numbers over the past year, there has been continuing media speculation about a hung parliament. The Fabian Society undertook research during summer 2023 to understand voters’ preferred election outcomes...
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In Tandem
Michael Jacobs, Robert Calvert Jump, Jo Michell and Frank van Lerven scrutinise the lack of cooperation between the UK government and the Bank of England, and propose a new Economic Policy Coordinating Committee to help achieve the multiple objective...
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Equality and empowerment
Fabian Society research director Luke Raikes sets out to make a progressive case for devolving public spending, raising important questions about how public money can be used more effectively to deliver policy objectives.
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