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The latest news, analysis and opinion from the Fabian Society including highlights from the Fabian Review and web-exclusive commentary and insight.

The five giants: Want

7 January 2013

Ending poverty should be seen as an integral part of economic policy, not the enemy of or disconnected from it. The coalition's policies are set to cause terrible hardship. Already, there's a shameful rise in the numbers of people having to...

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Perverse incentives

4 January 2013

It is very easy to say that everyone who can work should work. It is also something that most people would agree with, including those who are out of work. However, finding and keeping a job is not always easy,...

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12 days of Fabian Christmas: The Shape of Things to Come

1 January 2013

As we hurry on to a new year, we at the Fabians will be taking many of the lessons learned and fresh thinking with us onwards into 2013. Not least in the form of the contributions to our The Shape...

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12 days of Fabian Christmas: Letting Go

1 January 2013

The pamphlet that hit doorsteps alongside the Autumn 2012 Fabian Review was Letting Go: How Labour can learn to stop worrying and trust the people by Jon Wilson. Wilson argues that Labour needs to become a movement rooted in people’s experience, not...

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12 days of Fabian Christmas: Making our representatives more representative

31 December 2012

As 2012 draws to a close, it's time to reflect on how Westminster might be able to make itself more representative of the population in the future. Hazel Blears MP explores a Westminster which, she says, people feel is divorced...

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12 days of Fabian Christmas: Beveridge at 70

30 December 2012

2012 also saw the launch of our new Fabian policy reports, with Beveridge at 70 being the third in the series. The report includes contributions from Kate Green, Estelle Morris, Jose Harris, Anne Begg and Nick Pearce. The Beveridge report was...

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