News & Insight
The latest news, analysis and opinion from the Fabian Society including highlights from the Fabian Review and web-exclusive commentary and insight.
Revolt on the Left: Labour’s UKIP problem and how it can be overcome
3 October 2014
UKIP divides the Labour party internally. To date, senior Labour figures have been unable to agree whether a UKIP really problem exists and, if it does, how problematic it is likely to prove. In a new Fabian report, ‘Revolt on the...
Continue Reading
Diversity challenge: Can Labour still attract enough BME voters?
1 October 2014
The Labour party has always had a historically resilient and core ethnic minority vote – but although the party has often taken that vote for granted, it is increasingly at risk. This issue ties in with a greater one: how can...
Continue Reading
The cost of Conservative conference: £40 billion of public service cuts
1 October 2014
This week the Conservatives have confirmed that if elected in 2015 they will increase NHS real spending in England, maintain planned levels of pension expenditure and make deep cuts in working age welfare. Analysis by the Fabian Society, based on the...
Continue ReadingLabour’s Britain: Reshaping the state
29 September 2014
A Labour government elected in 2015 will face stark choices. Big reform, not big spending will be the mantra as we reshape the state to tackle inequality and embed early intervention as a key plank of public service reform. Over recent...
Continue ReadingLabour's Britain: Ending white collar crime
29 September 2014
A criminal wearing a collar and tie is still a criminal and if he steals your pension should go to prison in the same way someone who steals your wallet should. We have to get serious about white collar crime. Since...
Continue Reading
Labour's Britain: The case for more public ownership
23 September 2014
Tony Blair portrayed himself as a non-ideological, pragmatic leader whose mantra was that he supported ‘what worked’. Unfortunately this wasn’t true. During the debate on the privatisation of air traffic control he told me, in a private meeting, that however strong...
Continue ReadingFabian membership
Join the Fabian Society today and help shape the future of the left
You’ll receive the quarterly Fabian Review and at least four reports or pamphlets each year sent to your door
Be a part of the debate at Fabian conferences and events and join one of our network of local Fabian societies
Join the Fabian SocietyBe the first to know
Sign up to the free Fabian Society newsletter
Find out about the latest Fabian Society research, publications and events with our regular updates
Sign up today