News & Insight

The latest news, analysis and opinion from the Fabian Society including highlights from the Fabian Review and web-exclusive commentary and insight.

Book review

Book review: In a new land

1 November 2017

Lovers And Strangers: An Immigrant History Of Post-War Britain by Clair Wills, Allen Lane, £25 “That young man in the double-breasted suit and snapbrim trilby, grasping the handrail of the ship at Tilbury Dock, those girls in their crisp summer dresses…” It’s...

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Executive Committee 2017-19

31 October 2017

We are delighted to announce the results of our Executive Committee elections 2017. We are proud to be a democratically governed, member-led society. Our executive committee is elected by all members every two years.

The rise of the golems

30 October 2017

Anti-establishment politics will always end in tears for mainstream parties, argues Allen Simpson...

A frontline view

27 October 2017

If we want a world-class health service, we need to pay for it. Labour must make that case The plight of the NHS consistently ranks high on the list of voters’ concerns – and in media column inches. But from inside...

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The blame game

26 October 2017

Poor places are not responsible for their own poverty and nor do the people who live there cause their own stigmatisation, argues Stephen Crossley “Certain milieus gather reputations for moral inferiority, squalor, violence, and social pathology, and consequently they objectify the...

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Slow progress

24 October 2017

Local government is still not working well enough for women Media coverage after the general election celebrated the fact, that for the first time, more than 200 women were elected as MPs. It was a milestone, although given that it only...

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