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FEPS-FABIAN SUMMER CONFERENCE 2019: BUILDING A BETTER BRITAIN
The FEPS-Fabian Summer conference will focus on both domestic and international policy priorities for the next Labour government, examine the impact of the European elections, and will ask what comes next in the Brexit process.
Read more Brexit / Elections / European Union / Facing the Future / Labour party
Fear, hope and loss
Public anxieties on immigration and integration throw up a challenge to Labour, as Rosie Carter explains in a contribution to the debate around our Open and Ethical pamphlet.
Read more Class / Diversity / Labour party / Immigration / Inequality
Turning left
The shift leftwards among younger people is an international phenomenon. Keir Milburn explores the reasons why.
Read more Class / Democracy / Economy / Inequality
Remembering the Life and Work of John Smith MP
Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson MP marked 25 years since the passing of John Smith MP - Labour's former leader - in this Fabian Society speech.
Read more History / Labour party
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John Smith's Fabian hustings speech (1992)
12 May 2019
On the eve of the Fabian John Smith memorial lecture delivered by Tom Watson MP, we revisit John Smith's 1992 hustings speech to the Fabian Society.
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The left’s best bet
10 May 2019
The Fabian Society are launching a new policy group, ‘Fabian Futures’. The group's convener, Harry Farmer, explores why futures thinking is crucial for the left to understand the biggest challenges and opportunities over the coming decades.
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A homelessness emergency
8 May 2019
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham set out his strategy to tackle the homelessness and rough sleeping crisis at this keynote Fabian Society speech.
Continue Reading Devolution / Health / Housing / Inequality / Labour party / Welfare
Neglected priorities
3 May 2019
GURINDER JHANS: As Brexit dominates the legislative agenda and the government machinery has become preoccupied and paralysed with leaving the EU, social mobility efforts have stalled.
Continue Reading Brexit / Economy / Education
A game plan for the left
29 April 2019
ANAND MENON: Politicians are struggling to attract support in a nation where how you feel about Brexit matters more than anything else but there is a way of overcoming the tribalism.
Continue Reading Brexit / Conservatives / Elections / Labour party
Backwards glance
26 April 2019
DIANNE HAYTER: The breakaway by the Independent Group is the most serious split in Labour since the SDP was formed. Big lessons need to be learned by the party from what went on then.
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Open and ethical
Human rights abuses, immigration scandals and poor decision-making have left the immigration system in need of urgent reform, according to a new Fabian Society report.
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Spring 2019
This edition of the Fabian Review asks if Labour will sink or swim after its biggest split in nearly 40 years with Dianne Hayter, Ben Bradshaw MP and Ann Pettifor plus Kate Murray talks to Richard Corbett MEP.
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Inequality by stealth
The government is providing more financial support for the richest 20% of households than the poorest 20%.
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Minds at Work
Job insecurity, prejudice and ignorance are driving Britain’s workplace mental health crisis, according to a new report from the Fabian Society.
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Primary colours
A new Fabian Society report Primary Colours reveals that two thirds (68%) of primary school teachers in England say there is less arts education now than in 2010, and half (49%) say the quality of what there is has got worse.
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Winter 2018
This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on new ideas to renew the centre-left with Matthew Laza, Liz Kendall MP and Daniel Sleat plus Kate Murray talks to Lisa Nandy MP.
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A Warranted Response
A new Fabian Society report, published as Brexit negotiations reach a crunch point, calls for a new UK-EU extradition framework which ensures respect for human rights.
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The Fiscal Alternative
A new Fabian Society report, published ahead of the 2018 Budget, calls today for a comprehensive change in direction for UK fiscal policy.
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Growing up in the 2020s
This report asks how children’s lives are changing and how politics should respond to make sure that young people in the next decade have good childhoods and are ready to lead fulfilling, productive adult lives.
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