‘We need more than a reformed state. Politicians need actual training’
Today’s speech was a powerful statement of intent from the prime minister, and a step in the right direction.
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‘The PM’s speech is welcome. Too often activists want to sidestep immigration’
Tobias Phibbs welcomes the PM's immigration speech.
Labour can win the next election – if it reconnects with rural voters
Today the Fabian Society publishes Labour Country, a report outlining how Labour can reconnect with rural voters. As part of this research we carried out three focus groups with rural voters last year, discussing rural life, political…
Labour has the best manifesto for rural Britain – here’s why
The Conservatives, and in some areas the Liberal Democrats, have dominated rural areas – even those with high levels of deprivation – in recent elections. But the Conservatives have now turned their attention to the prospect of seizing…
The Fabians: Labour could be the party of the countryside again – with your help
In 1997, Labour declared itself the party of the countryside. It wasn’t empirically true, but it wasn’t entirely implausible. 20 years on, Labour is a party of inner cities that hardly reaches the suburbs. With the loss of the Copeland…