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The Fair Society

It’s encouraging to see that fairness is back on the political agenda. Until recently, it might have looked to some observers as though there were only two sets of questions across which political lines were drawn. Questions, first, about how...

Media matters

The media and creative arts are now a huge part of the UK and international economy. In this country they account for over 2.5 per cent of GDP and millions of jobs. Huge conglomerates bestride the globe: Vodafone’s market capitalisation...

Public services reclaimed

Labour is currently engaged in a series of campaigns against cuts; our actions demonstrate a degree of solidarity with public sector workers and of course the view that further job losses can only increase the damage to our already fragile...

Perceptions do matter

As we try to define the big public policy issues we face, there is a real danger that everyone will get so carried away with what has to be done that we will fall into the same old trap of...

Power to the people – but let’s mean it

Disillusionment with politics in our communities is born out of a disconnection with what really matters – the decision making affecting people’s daily lives.

For years we’ve worn out the cliché ‘empowerment to communities’, and apart from setting up a plethora...

How do we change politics?

With a recent report from the Democratic Audit concluding democracy in Britain is in "long-term terminal decline", the Fabian Society’s annual House of Commons Tea event discussed ways to make politics relevant again and how Labour in particular can help...

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