Our general secretary, Andrew Harrop writes a letter to our European friends
For pro-Europeans in Britain the last six months have been devastating. For a while, after the 23 June referendum, there was a feeling of disbelief and defiance. Tens of...
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Andrew Harrop, Fabian Society general secretary said:
The Fabian Society is devastated to hear of the tragic loss of our friend Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen. Our thoughts are with Brendan, their children and all her friends and...
At this year's Fabian Question Time, we welcomed Ben Bradshaw MP (Exeter), Angela Rayner MP (Ashton-under-Lyne), Yvonne Roberts (chief leader-writer, The Observer) and Andrew Harrop (general secretary, the Fabian Society) to discuss unity under Corbyn, what the Party should do in opposition, and...
As part of the Fabian Fringe, we brought together Caroline Flint MP, Caroline Abrahams of Age UK, Andrew Harrop and YouGov's Peter Kellner to discuss how Labour can regain trust among older voters. Catch up on what was said below,...
The political pressure for Labour to accept George Osborne’s spending envelope will be intense. In a new essay from the forthcoming Fabian Review magazine, General Secretary of the Fabian Society, Andrew Harrop, explains why its crucial Labour should resist the political pressure...
This report analyses data from the 1970s to the 1990s for 11 OECD nations and shows that, counter-intuitively, welfare systems which are tightly targeted to low income groups tend to reduce poverty less. A system’s success in poverty reduction is instead related to the overall amount of expenditure.
By Andrew Harrop
January 2012