News & Insight

25 May 2012

The Beveridge Report, the inspiration for post-1945 social security, is the obvious place to start when considering common ground between the political thinking of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Grounded in decades of Fabian research, writing and argument the post-war...

24 May 2012

It is June 2015, and the European prime ministers are meeting to discuss how the European parliament can represent European parties, instead of national parties. Prime minister Ed Miliband speaks at the airport and then off he goes to meet...

24 May 2012

Last week the society held the first in a series of seminars with the Social Liberal Forum, which will aim to explore overlap and common ground in the political ideas of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The series aims to...

23 May 2012

America shows that austerity cramps growth, stimulus aids it. The potential of the UK labour market depends on strategic investment. The most valuable economic asset any country has is its people. And when those people are squeezed by circumstance, policymakers need to ask...

22 May 2012

Women in science and technology have to work hard to ignore sexist pigeonholing. This government needs to acknowledge that talent is diverse, from education and onwards. Much has been made of the importance of innovation through science and technology as a means...

21 May 2012

“Austerity is not a foregone conclusion”. In this phrase we are reminded that almost everything in politics, from the sort of economy we have, the nature of our democracy to the quality of our public services are not foregone conclusions....