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Top five lessons from 2013: Politics

23 December 2013

1. The Westminster Village still misreads polls Try as the Mike Smithsons of the blogosphere might, the Westminster village continues to obsess over the lack of consistent double digit poll leads by Labour. And yet the fact is that Labour’s lead...

2014, Labour's year of...Devolution

22 December 2013

Once every generation or so, the question of constitutional reform emerges from its anorak-clad obscurity to take centre stage in British political life. 2014 is that moment for this generation, as next September’s referendum on Scottish independence prompts people throughout...

2014, Labour's year of...Childcare

21 December 2013

2014 is a proud anniversary for Labour and childcare marking the 10 year anniversary of our groundbreaking 10 year childcare strategy in 2004. Labour is the party of childcare and early years. Our record stands for itself – investment in the...

Rural idyll? The forgotten faces of fuel poverty

20 December 2013

Historically, rural households have been the forgotten faces of fuel poverty. Hidden beneath the idyll of chocolate-box cottages and rolling countryside, households in rural areas are more likely to suffer from fuel poverty than their urban counterparts and schemes designed...

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Top five lessons from 2013: Environment & Citizenship

20 December 2013

It’s been a great year for our Environment & Citizenship programme. In January 2013 the policy review under John Cruddas asked the Fabian Society to explore how Labour builds a popular environmentalism. In a packed Westminster Hall committee room over...

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Top five lessons from 2013: Economy

19 December 2013

2013 was the year in which things began to get better for the UK economy, with headline indicators of growth and employment moving in a positive direction. The government has felt empowered to claim its economic plan is working, and...

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