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Develop learning credits

26 July 2012

Education plays a crucial role in providing the building blocks for success in life. But the days when individuals left school, started at a company and worked there until retirement are long gone and it is now recognised that learning...

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Next State: Cast your vote

26 July 2012

As part of the Fabian Society's Next State programme, we asked a number of politicians, policy makers and Labour thinkers to suggest one idea for reforming the state that would be emblematic of Labour's new statecraft. You can see all of...

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A contributions based payment for parental leave

25 July 2012

Increasing maternal employment is one of the key public policy challenges for the next decade. We need to look beyond childcare towards other ways of helping women and men increase their ability to combine work and care. Introducing a payment...

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A new council house building programme

25 July 2012

In the past there were those on the left who argued that there was little necessity for a substantial increase in public sector housing. By now they have probably by now changed their views on this issue. The banking crisis, austerity...

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Why Labour must talk about foreign policy

24 July 2012

A new Fabian Society pamphlet that maps out Labour’s policy direction under Ed Miliband has successfully set the centre-left all-a-flutter this month. As ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ landed on Fabian members’ doorsteps, the prospect of a clear post-New...

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Power to the people – but let’s mean it

24 July 2012

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...

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