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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.

Climate of clarity

4 June 2013

David Cameron came to power promising to protect the NHS and also badged his coalition as ‘the greenest government ever’. Both promises have, to a large extent, become a source of ridicule for the coalition. But on both the NHS...

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Ending the other care crisis

4 June 2013

“A politician is like the person who would build an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, instead of constructing a good fence at the top.” Never did the phrase seem so apt as last week when NHS leaders warned that...

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There’s red as well as blue in the union flag

29 May 2013

Normally it’s Conservatives who like to wrap themselves in the union flag. Yet Labour could in fact now have most to gain from an assertion of progressive nationalism. Not the customary left of centre perspective; but the rationale goes from hard-headed...

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'Cradle to Grave' for new times

24 May 2013

A few days ago I heard a homeless woman say she’d ‘worked all her life’ but ended up on the streets. Perhaps she’s the tip of the iceberg. A growing number of working people are relying on food banks, working...

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Fabian Summer Conference: Early Bird Ticket Offier

24 May 2013

This exclusive early bird offer is only available to people who have recently purchased tickets for Fabian events and allows you to buy a ticket for our Summer Conference on July 6th at last year's prices. Update: The early bird ticket...

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Keep the living wage alive

23 May 2013

More needs to be done to raise the living standards of Britain’s five million low-paid workers. Yet so far, rather than addressing the problem of low pay directly, policy responses – whether it is Labour’s pledge to reintroduce a 10p...

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