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Summer 2023: Fabian Review

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This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on how to make Britain a better place to grow up in, with contributions from Lindsey Macmillan and Jake Anders, Tommy Gale, Ben Cooper, and Sylvia McNamara. Tim Bale explores what might be next for the Tories, and John Healey MP stakes out Labour’s defence credentials in conversation with Iggy Wood.

Also in this issue: Paulette Hamilton MP on the NHS’s 75-year anniversary; Unmesh Desai calls for a royal commission on policing; Martin Edobor on bridging the urban-rural divide; Jessie Cunnett on a new contract with the NHS; Matt Bevington on regulatory reform; Ian Murray on winning back Scotland; Diana Johnson MP on fighting populism; Hannah McHugh on Labour and freedom; Beccy Cooper on how Labour won Worthing; Jonathan Birch on animal welfare; Stewart Lansley reviews Daniel Chandler’s new book; and Niall Devitt examines the Fabian roots of London’s transport network.

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Opinion

Sea change

20 September 2023

BECCY COOPER: Worthing is exactly the sort of seat Labour will need to win to form a majority government at the next election. The key? Listening to voters

Continue reading Labour party / Elections
Opinion

On the right track

13 September 2023

NIALL DEVITT: July marked the 90th anniversary of the creation of London Transport. It was a quintessentially Fabian project

Continue reading Transport / Fabian Society
Opinion

Silent majority

18 August 2023

JONATHAN BIRCH: A commitment to animal welfare is one of the strongest signs politicians
can give that they are on the public’s side

Continue reading Business / Rural
Opinion

Culture change

15 August 2023

MATT BEVINGTON: Progressive regulatory reform will benefit us all

Continue reading Business / Good government
Opinion

Back to basics

4 August 2023

UNMESH DESAI: A new royal commission could get to the heart of the UK's policing problems

Continue reading Human rights / Justice / Race
Opinion

Closing the gap

3 August 2023

BEN COOPER: the 25th anniversary of Sure Start reminds us that good public services change lives

Continue reading Early years / Public Services
Interview

Shoring up the defence

1 August 2023

Keeping the country safe and standing up for our armed forces reflect core Labour values, John Healey tells IGGY WOOD

Continue reading Defence / Foreign policy
Opinion

A cautionary tale

28 July 2023

TOMMY GALE: Children’s social care shows that ‘accidental localism’ is letting our communities down. We need a bold reimagining of how public services are delivered

Continue reading Devolution / Public Services
Opinion

A national scandal

26 July 2023

SYLVIA MCNAMARA: The pandemic had a profound impact on children in their early years

Continue reading Early years / Education
Opinion

Equal access

20 July 2023

LINDSEY MACMILLAN and JAKE ANDERS: Reforms to school and university admissions could transform the life chances of disadvantaged children and young people

Continue reading Education / Inequality
Opinion

A better way

18 July 2023

DIANA JOHNSON MP: To take on toxic populism from both the right and the left, mainstream Labour must build on its core values

Continue reading Populism

Kate Murray

Kate Murray is the editor of the Fabian Review.

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Iggy Wood

Iggy Wood is the assistant editor at the Fabian Society. He previously worked in an NHS community health team.

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