- Spring 2022
- Kate Murray , Vanesha Singh
- 12 April 2022
- Economy , Foreign policy
This edition of the Fabian Review looks at the cost of living crisis and how Labour creates a stronger economy, featuring Torsten Bell, Shreya Nanda, Aveek Bhattacharya, Jake Shepherd, Claire Walker, Zoë Billingham, Daniel Johnson MSP, Jeevun Sandher and Tulip Siddiq MP. Plus, Peter Apps, Jessica Toale and Julie Ward on the war in Ukraine and what it means for our foreign policy agenda. And Vanesha Singh speaks to Angela Smith, shadow leader of the House of Lords, about Labour’s many victories in the upper chamber.
Also in this issue: Ellie Reeves MP on prisons; Mark Drakeford MS on the future of devolution; Sonia Adesara sets out a new vision for the NHS; and Hannah White on ‘partygate’.
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