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Self-care
There are 4.4 million self-employed people in the UK. This is 13 per cent of people in work, and they make a substantial contribution to the economy.
While some are relatively well off, average net income for a full-time self-employed worker is 12 per cent lower than for a full-time employee. And while many actively choose this way of working, many are trapped – two-in-five self-employed workers would work a salaried job if they could. Many self-employed people face a major income shock when they fall sick, have children or retire.
The self-employed must be included in this welcome drive to improve working conditions and income security. This briefing paper sets out three income protection options for the government to consider, dealing with sick pay, parental leave, and pensions in turn.
Forward Planning
This report sets out how the government can ensure that owner-occupiers are able to age well in their own home. It identifies the scale of the challenge faced by older owner-occupiers, the barriers to improving housing, and the case for action. The report sets out a series of solutions to improve existing stock and deliver better new-build options for older homeowners.
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Taxing Questions
This edited collection sets out how the chancellor can raise the revenue we need to invest in public services. It brings together leading MPs, economists and policy experts to set out options for tax increases that would be progressive, that would avoid undermining the growth potential of the economy, and that would be in keeping with Labour's manifesto. We also hear an alternative view from NEF, setting out why we should change the fiscal rules.
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This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on health policy, featuring Alfred Slade, Mark Sculpher, Paulette Hamilton MP, Zack Hassan, Beccy Cooper MP and Sara Hyde. Iggy Wood interviews the health secretary, Wes Streeting MP. Elsewhere, Michael Wheeler sets out how to make the zero-hours ban effective, and Claire Ainsley evaluates the lessons of recent elections in the US.
No time to lose
The Fabian Women’s Network mentoring programme has been running for 14 years. Cohort 13 was the first group to witness Labour in government. In this collection, six members of Cohort 13 set out policy ideas in areas in need of more gender equality. The ideas were originally presented during a workshop in parliament.
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Autumn 2025
This edition of the Fabian Review assesses the continued relevance of liberalism, and the challenges it faces, featuring Stella Creasy MP, Karl Pike, Anna Dixon MP, David Smith MP, Iggy Wood and Chloe Brooks. Elsewhere, Ellie Reeves MP looks ahead to Labour's second phase of government, and Erin Sanders-McDonagh highlights an untapped resource in the fight against domestic violence.
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Rural futures
This pamphlet brings together rural MPs with a variety of experts and policymakers to explore the future of our countryside. As the authors set out, the potential of Britain’s rural areas is immense. By seeing rural areas as an social and economic asset, the government can realise this promise while protecting our countryside – and benefit communities across the country as a result.
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Promising development
The postwar international order is breaking down – and with it, the international aid system. In particular, important donor countries, including the US and UK, have reduced the amount of development support they provide. This collection of essays brings together leading politicians – past and present – and NGO leaders to answer the question we face: what is the future of international development? The contributors explore both how we can maximise the impact of aid investment in the short term and how we might be able to rebuild political support for international development in the long term.
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Nye's lost legacy
Against the backdrop of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s independent investigation into healthy and inclusive work, Sasjkia Otto sets out an ambitious vision for a universal and integrated occupational health system, matched by rights and responsibilities. In other words: a National Occupational Health Service.
This report considers the health of the UK workforce, the limitations of the current occupational health system, and how a National Occupational Health Service could enlist employers, workers and the state in as key partners in keeping people well in work.
Ill-prepared
In this report, Eloise Sacares and Luke Raikes make the case for sick pay for the self-employed, review support in the UK and other countries, and set out recommendations for the government to consider.
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Levying up
The Labour government has committed to reforming the apprenticeship levy into a ‘growth and skills levy’, giving employers more flexibility. In this report, general secretary Joe Dromey and senior researcher Sasjkia Otto set out a series of recommendations for the reform of the levy designed to both unleash growth and to unlock opportunity.
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Repair, reuse, recycle
This policy briefing sets out how government policy can upscale the circular economy. It first sets out the key features of the circular economy in England, before identifying practical steps to reduce unnecessary waste and upscale the circular economy in three key sectors: construction, automotives, and food and drink.
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Summer 2025
This edition of the Fabian Review looks ahead to next year's Scottish elections, featuring Katherine Sangster, Michael Shanks MP, Roz Foyer, Paul O'Kane MSP and Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP.
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Pressing issues
In this pamphlet, journalists and experts set out the problems that characterise the media landscape, propose a range of changes to improve standards, and set out how the government can uphold the rights of journalists both at home and around the world.
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Breaking ground
This briefing explores the implications of this government’s inheritance housebuilding. It shows how property prices have dramatically risen since 2002, and highlights the accompanying collapse in planning approvals, starts and completions. It also explores what the trajectory of housebuilding over the lifetime of this parliament could look like if the government is to meet its ambitious 1.5m target.
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Only halfway?
Violence against women and girls remains stubbornly persistent. It brings harms, fear and diminished freedom for women and girls, while we all live with the corrosive impacts of male aggression, entitlement and control over women. In this pamphlet, Dr Purna Sen and Dr Sara Hyde present a rights-based framework through which to build a country – and a world – that works for women and girls.
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Where's the harm?
Dr Beccy Cooper MP makes the case for a fundamental shift in how we understand and respond to gambling in the UK, calling for a public health approach to gambling which prioritises prevention, regulation, and population-level protection. In doing so, she sets out a roadmap to a system which places people’s health and wellbeing ahead of corporate profit.
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Better off
Living standards shouldn’t be the government’s only priority. But they are a very real measure of whether people’s lives are going well and, understandably, it is often how the public judges whether a government is doing its job. For this government to secure a second term, it will need to deliver tangible improvements in living standards. This report shows how the government can make people better off in highly challenging circumstances. It sets out how policies can be prioritised, coordinated and communicated in practice, with three key ‘pillars’.
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First steps?
In this report, research manager Ben Cooper sets out why addressing early-years poverty should be central to the government’s broader child poverty strategy. He then makes recommendations that would lift tens of thousands of babies and toddlers out of poverty and benefit many more, while navigating the fiscal and political obstacles facing the government.
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Seizing the opportunity
In this report, Fabian Society general secretary Joe Dromey and senior researcher Ben Cooper makes the case for an ambitious and fully funded fair pay agreement in care sector which will improve pay and conditions, tackle the workforce crisis, and improve the quality of care.
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In the Fast Lane
In this pamphlet, Alex Mayer MP makes the case that improving our bus network is crucial to fulfilling Labour’s growth mission.
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Spring 2025
This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on the turbulent political landscape of Europe, featuring Caroline Gray, Matthias Dilling, Luke John Davies, Emma Fastesson Lindgren, and Judith Kirton-Darling. In conversation with Iggy Wood, Liam Byrne disc...
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Winter 2024
This edition of the Fabian Review examines the state of the British right and its likely trajectory, featuring Will Prescott, Mark Rusling, Hannah White, Catherine Haddon, and Mark Garnett. As Donald Trump selects his cabinet, Katie Gaddini, Stephen ...
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Autumn 2024
This edition of the Fabian Review challenges the new Labour government to hit the ground running in its first term, featuring Tracey Brabin, Melanie Smallman, Paul Swinney and many more. In conversation with Iggy Wood, David Blunkett discusses his ea...
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Summer 2024
This edition of the Fabian Review takes a deep dive into Labour's historic election victory, featuring Paula Surridge, Colm Murphy and Fraser McMillan. In an arts and culture special, Alison Cole, James Graham, Antony Gormley, Paul Richards and Joset...
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Spring 2024
This edition of the Fabian Review celebrates 140 years of Fabianism, featuring Keir Starmer MP, Sadiq Khan, Stella Creasy MP, Anas Sarwar MSP, and many more. In conversation with Kate Murray, Fabian general secretaries past and present discuss John S...
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Winter 2023
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. In conversation with Iggy Wood, Alf Dubs argues the current government'...
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Autumn 2023
This edition of the Fabian Review takes a look at what Britain could look like after 13 years of Labour government, with contributions from Charles Clarke, Anas Sarwar MSP, Catherine West MP and more. Plus, Andy Burnham explains how a new phase of de...
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Summer 2023
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. Plus, John Healey MP stakes out Labour’s defence cr...
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Spring 2023
This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on public opinion and how it can be influenced, with contributions from Paula Surridge, Florian Foos, Chris Curtis and Will Snell. Plus, Jonathan Reynolds sets out his pro-business, pro-worker approach in con...
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Winter 2022
This edition of the Fabian Review explores the long-term change a Starmer government could deliver, with contributions from Karl Pike, Francis Beckett and Ciaran Driver. Anna Turley takes aim at child poverty, and Kate Harrison examines whether auste...
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Autumn 2022
This issue of the Fabian Review features Meg Russell, Stephen Beer and Wes Streeting MP on the cost of living crisis and the next election. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP traces the legacy of Harold Wilson and Sarah Crook writes on motherhood and politics.
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Summer 2022
This edition of the Fabian Review asks how we build an electoral coalition for a Labour victory in light of Boris Johnson's resignation, featuring Jane Green, Roosmarijn de Geus, Anas Sarwar MSP, Shalini Sharma and Neal Lawson. Plus, Kate Murray spea...
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Spring 2022
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...
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