News & Insight

8 August 2012

The next Labour government will face very tough decisions on tax and spending because of the Cameron/Osborne austerity disaster. Raising the overall tax burden at all will be politically difficult and is likely to be economically unwise. Yet the cost of...

1 August 2012

Time was when 'young Alex' could do no wrong. His mastery of the media north and south of the border was undisputed. His political canniness outwitted all-comers at FMQs. And SNP electoral strategy was required reading for politicos of all...

31 July 2012

I have been a landlord. From this experience, I have learnt that the property rental market is very sensitive to changes in supply and demand. Sadiq Khan's Tooting may be an area of housing stress, as he set out on Fabian...

30 July 2012

Get involved with the British left's most plural and open intellectual tradition by submitting your nomination now. You are now invited to submit nominations for a number of positions: 15 Executive Committee places 4 Local Society places on the Executive Honorary Treasurer Scottish Convenor Welsh...

30 July 2012

Roger Scruton is someone you want to like. Anyone who writes on the philosophy of wine, on the nature of beauty, and on why conservatives should care more about the environment (as he does in this book) seems an affable...

27 July 2012

At the end of last month a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that almostthree-quarters of high street shops were holding sales. This is highly unusual for this time of year and compares to 40 per cent of stores for the same...