News & Insight

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

Forward: The change Labour still needs

6 November 2013

Barack Obama stunned the political world with his victory in 2008, with a campaign that extended the boundaries of the possible. In field, digital, strategy and movement politics, the Obama campaign broke new ground that the Fabian Society's landmark 2009...

Here today

6 November 2013

The local Post Office and the red pillar box are both long standing symbols of community life in Britain. The future for both is very uncertain. The coalition government’s plan to sell the majority of shares in Royal Mail has devalued...

Are our mental health services in crisis?

5 November 2013

There is an increased demand for mental health services in Britain, but we are failing some of our most unwell and vulnerable people. Last week, the Health and Social Care Information Centre published its annual report into the use of the...

Review: One Nation: Power, Hope, Community

5 November 2013

‘It’s all about power. Who’s got it. Who knows how to use it’ - Buffy Summers Reading through the essays in ‘One Nation: Power, Hope, Community’ it's clear that Ed Miliband's concept of one nation not only aims to set out...

Invest in the future

4 November 2013

This morning’s Financial Times has a big story on the decline in US public sector capital investment, including some eye-catching graphs. The article reveals that US gross investment has fallen to 3.6 per cent compared to a post war average...

2030 Vision and disability

1 November 2013

On Wednesday Sue Marsh reviewed ‘2030 Vision’ and called into question the approach the Fabian commission took to supporting disabled people. Our report has two time frames: it looked at the first few years of the next parliament; and at the...

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