News & Insight

10 July 2012

On the eve of publication of the government's care and support white paper, Liz Kendall tells the Fabian Review that the Treasury would be making a “massive mistake” not to support Andrew Dilnot’s proposed £35,000 cap on individual payments of...

6 July 2012

At last Saturday’s Fabian summer conference, Labour’s general secretary, Iain McNicol, argued: “Labour had nearly two million conversations between January and May this year. Imagine if all those conversations tweeted as #LabourDoorstep were about more than just voting intentions. If we had...

3 July 2012

If the Ed Miliband camp cites the resignation of Bob Diamond this morning as a victory and the culmination of a weekend spent campaigning and lecturing, they will have completely misunderstood how high the stakes are. Bob Diamond now has plenty...

2 July 2012

To reconnect with the British people and rediscover our governing purpose, Labour needs to do three things: understand afresh the values of our politics; articulate a new vision that tells the story of our policy; and upgrade the Labour Party...

2 July 2012

Speech by Iain McNicol General Secretary of the Labour Party Fabian Society, London Saturday 30th June 2012 Thank you Friends, I am delighted to open this important Fabian summer conference. That you have the leader, deputy leader, policy review co-ordinator and so many shadow ministers...

2 July 2012

It's a great pleasure to be here at the Fabians. I am looking forward to our conversation. But before that I want to say a few words about this moment. For too long, we have had an economy that works for a few...