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Tony Benn, Fabian
14 March 2014
Today the Fabian Society mourns the passing of Tony Benn, one of our longest serving members. Tony joined the society in June 1943 and was a member for over 70 years. He was chair in 1964-65 and wrote three Fabian...
Continue ReadingEngland expects: Between the centre and the local
13 March 2014
The essay series ’England expects: The new English deal and the politics of positivity’ by Richard Carr and Dominic Rustecki is a really important contribution to the debate about why we need to transfer power down to communities. I hope you find...
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England expects: Responsible capitalism from the ground up
13 March 2014
We opened our analysis of the English deal last week with a discussion of how to hardwire devolution into the political process. We now intend to use this and next week’s essays to outline some of the benefits the principle...
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Public service outsourcing: An incomplete doctrine
13 March 2014
Insufficient attention has been paid to the line taken by Jon Trickett on outsourcing, the strongest and most critical expression of views by a senior Labour figure for a very long time. Trickett drew movingly on personal experience – illustrating the...
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Crisis in Ukraine: Labour's EU challenge
12 March 2014
The current crisis in Ukraine has prompted MPs and commentators of all political persuasions to call for a strong and coordinated EU response. However, they are largely missing the point. With the recent central and eastern European enlargements, the EU's...
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