News & Insight
The latest news, analysis and opinion from the Fabian Society including highlights from the Fabian Review and web-exclusive commentary and insight.
Left and local? What's next for Labour's devolution agenda under Corbyn?
25 September 2015
While Labour were in government, they tended to address socio-economic challenges through a national frame. But during the party's first term of opposition it began to create space for local responses. The 2015 manifesto included proposals to devolve economic power,...
Continue ReadingNational Living Wage - how should the left respond?
24 September 2015
Last July saw one of the most extraordinary acts of political cross-dressing in British history. In the first Budget of the first all-Conservative government since the UK’s first National Minimum Wage was introduced against vigorous Tory opposition, the Chancellor announced...
Continue Reading Facing the Future / WorkUnderstanding Corbynmania
23 September 2015
The labour party has much in common with the phoenix, the mythical, long-lived bird that is cyclically reborn. When the bird is in its youth, it is defined by beauty and power. As time passes, its feathers grow dull and it becomes tired. And...
Continue Reading Facing the FutureChuka Umunna: "We shouldn't be seen as an opposition to Corbyn - we want to feed ideas in”
23 September 2015
Not long before the new Labour leader was announced, Chuka Umunna bumped into a constituent in a Streatham supermarket car park. “I asked him who he was supporting, and he said: ‘Well, you’re not going to like it, but I’m...
Continue ReadingWhat can austerity Britain afford for older people?
21 September 2015
We are now entering a key period in UK politics, the outcome of which will shape the health and welfare landscape for older people for the next five years at least – and possibly for a lot longer. The party conferences...
Continue Reading Economy / Health / HousingJeremy Corbyn's plans risk harming the people they're designed to help
19 September 2015
Looking at the Corbyn insurgency through the prism of policy risks misunderstanding its essence. Corbynmania, at its heart, reflects a yearning for a different way of doing politics – a departure in tone, mindset and organisation from the orthodoxies of...
Continue Reading Economy / Facing the FutureFabian membership
Join the Fabian Society today and help shape the future of the left
You’ll receive the quarterly Fabian Review and at least four reports or pamphlets each year sent to your door
Be a part of the debate at Fabian conferences and events and join one of our network of local Fabian societies
Join the Fabian SocietyBe the first to know
Sign up to the free Fabian Society newsletter
Find out about the latest Fabian Society research, publications and events with our regular updates
Sign up today