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What's the future for industrial towns?
19 January 2016
Before winning the election in May this year, I spent three years knocking on doors as the Labour candidate in Redcar and listening to local people's thoughts and views. The biggest concern raised with me was the lack of jobs,...
Continue ReadingThree ways Labour must face the future
16 January 2016
Today over a thousand Fabian members and supporters are gathering to debate how the Labour Party must face the future, and make itself relevant and electable for the 2020s. After the Party has spent months talking to itself, there could...
Continue Reading Facing the FutureRelease the Beckett report - it's a necessary first step
14 January 2016
'In May we lost everywhere to everybody' was the verdict of former policy chief Jon Cruddas after Labour's second avoidable but disastrous defeat. Labour lost Scotland, eight seats to the Tories – including one never held by anyone but Labour,...
Continue Reading Facing the FutureRevisiting globalisation
14 January 2016
“I hear people say we have to stop and debate globalisation. You might as well debate whether autumn should follow summer. They're not debating it in China and India. They are seizing its possibilities, in a way that will transform...
Continue Reading Defence / Facing the Future / Foreign policyBeyond Iraq: The future of military intervention
13 January 2016
The Labour government’s decision to take part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 produced a trauma for both the country and the party. It played a central role in bringing Tony Blair’s premiership to an end, overshadowing his many...
Continue Reading Facing the Future / Foreign policyThe migration challenge
12 January 2016
Forecasting migration has always been a difficult task. But five years ago it seemed possible to make a straightforward prediction: that the combination of a deep recession with rising levels of unemployment, and a more restrictive migration policy environment would...
Continue Reading Facing the Future / Foreign policyFabian membership
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