News & Insight

7 November 2013

Never mind buying gifts for their families and friends, this Christmas many people in Britain will face a choice to heat or eat. It’s a national scandal and it deserves to be at the forefront of our political debate. If...

6 November 2013

In September 2012, Charlotte North Carolina and the Democratic party welcomed tens of thousands of journalists, delegates and volunteers to what is a small southern American electoral battleground. For two weeks we flew over and joined the staff of the Democratic...

6 November 2013

Barack Obama stunned the political world with his victory in 2008, with a campaign that extended the boundaries of the possible. In field, digital, strategy and movement politics, the Obama campaign broke new ground that the Fabian Society's landmark 2009...

6 November 2013

The local Post Office and the red pillar box are both long standing symbols of community life in Britain. The future for both is very uncertain. The coalition government’s plan to sell the majority of shares in Royal Mail has devalued...

5 November 2013

‘It’s all about power.  Who’s got it.  Who knows how to use it’  - Buffy Summers Reading through the essays in ‘One Nation: Power, Hope, Community’ it's clear that Ed Miliband's concept of one nation not only aims to set out...