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HANNAH WHITE & CATHERINE HADDON: The Tories may find it hard to adjust to the role of official opposition
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Fair and equal
REEMA PATEL: Artificial intelligence could help power Britain's growth - but only if it is well-regulated
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Grasping the nettle
KAMAL PREET KAUR: We can't ignore people's worries about immigration -- we must confront them head-on
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Taking stock
Last year's election victory can only be consolidated by making peoples' lives better, writes Luke Raikes
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Moral imperative
13 February 2025
MINESH PAREKH: Our immigration detention system is harming LGBTQI+ people
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Right Flank
6 February 2025
MARK RUSLING: REFORM THREATENS OUR SEATS – BUT ALSO OUR SOUL
Continue Reading Reform / Class / Elections
Groundhog Day
9 January 2025
KATIE GADDINI: Trump’s victory must prompt soul-searching among the US’s liberal establishment
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Losing faith
8 January 2025
JAMES PRENTICE: Low turnout in 2024 reflects widespread dissatisfaction with our democracy
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Danger ahead
20 December 2024
STEPHEN BEER & PATRICK DIAMOND: Trump’s victory should serve as a warning to Labour
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When I'm 64
Fabian Society senior researcher Sasjkia Otto looks at the roots of pre-retirement poverty and presents a strategy to address it.
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Caring for Carers
Fabian Society researcher Eloise Sacares and general secretary Andrew Harrop present a series of policy options for the employment and financial protections of unpaid carers.
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Climbing the Mountain
This report identifies 150 non-Labour seats on the new boundaries which will likely make up a very high proportion of the constituencies that Labour will target at the next election.
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Equal Footing
Anneliese Dodds MP explains how Labour's ambitious agenda to tackle inequality will benefit us all.
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Whatever the Weather
Fabian Society researcher Eloise Sacares makes the case for climate adaptation, identifying three key areas of life which will be severely impacted by climate change and in which practical changes in government policy could make a significant differe...
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The Final Furlong
In spite of Labour's extremely strong polling numbers over the past year, there has been continuing media speculation about a hung parliament. The Fabian Society undertook research during summer 2023 to understand voters’ preferred election outcomes...
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By the People, With the People
In this pamphlet, Charlotte Augst and Paul Corrigan set out to identify the factors that have scuppered progress on health system reform, and refine the calls for change into two simple questions. First, how can the NHS work with people to keep them ...
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In Tandem
Michael Jacobs, Robert Calvert Jump, Jo Michell and Frank van Lerven scrutinise the lack of cooperation between the UK government and the Bank of England, and propose a new Economic Policy Coordinating Committee to help achieve the multiple objective...
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Working Nein to Five
Fabian Society senior researcher Sasjkia Otto asks what we can learn from Germany about work-life balance.
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Equality and empowerment
Fabian Society research director Luke Raikes sets out to make a progressive case for devolving public spending, raising important questions about how public money can be used more effectively to deliver policy objectives.
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Plans for Power
This pamphlet is a compilation of some of the most important ideas developed and championed by the Fabian Society in recent years. It is a ‘mixtape’ of the best proposals, from early years to pensions and from the future of work to public service ref...
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A good life in all regions
The report of the Fabian Society's Commission on Regional Poverty and Inequality concludes that the UK has two major regional economy challenges – ‘low growth’ outside the south east, where places lack good jobs; and ‘overheating’ in the capital, whe...
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Lawful and fair
In this pamphlet, Will Somerville and Sarah Mulley set out robust proposals to reform our migration system. They argue that it must be based on sound principles: it must be fair, it must be grounded in democratic consent, and it must respect people’s...
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Support guaranteed
Plans for a National Care Service for England were first presented 13 years ago in the dying days of the last Labour government. Since then no detailed work has taken place to flesh out what the service might look like or how it should be implemented...
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Britain Reconnected
In this publication, David Lammy MP identifies the major geopolitical trends that will shape the UK's place in the world, and sets out the next Labour government’s approach to foreign policy
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