News & Insight

21 January 2013

We are living through not one but two crises of capitalism. The first one – the economic crisis which has followed the financial crash of 2008 – everyone knows about.  The second is less familiar.  This is the crisis of...

17 January 2013

Ed Miliband is right: when it comes to Europe it's the same old Tories - a divided party and a weak prime minister. In his speech tomorrow, Cameron will seek to appease his vociferous Eurosceptics and by doing so, put...

17 January 2013

It was a very proud moment for me to hear the Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, mention me in his speech to the Fabian New Year Conference last Saturday, following my submission on the Your Britain website. I suggested how...

14 January 2013

Today over 1,000 delegates gather at the Fabian Society's annual conference to hear Ed Miliband and his frontbench team set out their stall for 2013. The Labour faithful come together at the start of the year in far better spirits...

12 January 2013

It is great to be here at the Fabians. Today I want to talk to you about the idea of One Nation. The idea of a country which we rebuild together, where everyone plays their part. It is not an idea rooted in...

12 January 2013

1717: The final session sees our New Year Conference audience vote for their favourite manifesto pledge submitted by Fabian members. For those of you who have followed this live blog all day, a special treat. You can vote for your...