News & Insight
The latest news, analysis and opinion from the Fabian Society including highlights from the Fabian Review and web-exclusive commentary and insight.
Where next for UK childcare?
23 October 2012
Women’s earnings have never been more important to families or the economy. As men’s earnings have stagnated over the last decade, women’s have continued to rise slowly, filling in gaps in household finances alongside tax credits. Surprisingly, mothers have been closing...
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The secrets of power
22 October 2012
At the heart of the current presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is the question of power: who will wield it and to what purpose? Politicos – both elected and otherwise – rightly obsess over this both in...
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Building stronger communities
22 October 2012
The Conservative party’s ‘big society’ rhetoric has failed, and failed spectacularly. David Cameron admitted as much in his speech to the Tory conference when he said he had “spent three years trying to explain the big society”. Trying and failing. This...
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The time has come to work together
19 October 2012
We’ve heard the speech about predators and producers, and we know the problems of executive pay - but for all the talk of responsible capitalism there isn’t a clear idea about what a future economy might look like, and whether...
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General Secretary’s autumn update
19 October 2012
It’s now 12 months since I became Fabian General Secretary and we've made some important changes: • A new look for the Fabian Review – as you’ll see we have given the magazine a complete make-over. This quarter we consider why...
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Proposed Fabian Society rule changes
19 October 2012
The Fabian Society has been enormously influential throughout its long history. More recently, while in government and in opposition, the Fabian Society’s significance to the Labour party endures. We now have a new General Secretary and senior staff. The Society...
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