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Winter 2023: Fabian Review

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This edition of the Fabian Review takes a look at the foreign policy challenges Labour could face, featuring Stella Creasy MP, Nick Westcott, Toni Haastrup and Victoria Honeyman. Elsewhere, Andrea Coomber calls for urgent reform of the prison system and Richard Toye examines the lessons of the Attlee government. In conversation with Iggy Wood, Alf Dubs argues the current government’s hostility towards refugees is unprecedented.

Also in this issue: Christina McAnea on the minimum wage, Alfred Slade on corporate responsibility for obesity, Jessica Toale on proportional representation, Janet Daby MP on the youth justice system, Derek Wood on the history of new towns, Paul Richards on the theft epidemic, Katie Schmuecker on destitution, John Bowers on standards in public life, and Rohan McWilliam reviews John Cruddas’s A Century of Labour.

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Opinion

Restoring Trust

27 March 2024

JESSICA TOALE: Introducing PR would change the way people feel about politics

Continue reading Elections / Democracy
Opinion

Going Further

15 March 2024

CHRISTINA MCANEA: Labour should build on the success of the minimum wage

Continue reading Employment
Opinion

International Rescue

22 January 2024

NICK WESTCOTT: In an increasingly precarious world, Labour must be ready for the foreign policy challenges ahead

Continue reading Foreign policy / Labour party
Interview

Peer pressure

16 January 2024

Alf Dubs talks to IGGY WOOD about asylum seekers, the Parthenon marbles and holding the government to account

Continue reading Human rights / Democracy / Labour party

Kate Murray

Kate Murray is the editor of the Fabian Review.

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Iggy Wood

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

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