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The three-fold repetition of ideas has long been a powerful tool in politics. Think of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address with its "government of the people, by the people, for the people". Or Labour’s slogan of "education, education, education"…
by Jack Dromey and John Monks Trade unions are a force for good. Strong trade unions face up to employers and act as agents for change, driving a high pay, high quality, high productivity culture at work. Since the abolition of the…
The new pamphlet from the Changing Work Centre - a joint Community/Fabian Society venture - has been put together with some impressively heavyweight labour movement support as it seeks to set out a blueprint for what it terms a…
Trade unions must embark on wide-ranging reforms including considering plans to sell services for a fee if they are to climb the "mountain" of falling membership and an apparent irrelevance to young people, according to a new report. The…
The Fabian Society today published Powerful People, Powerful Places, a report on environmental activism, which has been endorsed by the leaders of 18 Labour councils. When it comes to the environment, proximity matters. Climate change and…
Yvette Cooper attacked those who have been targeting Luciana Berger as she defended the BBC and Laura Kuenssberg, in her keynote speech to the Fabian summer conference. "I'm sick of the vitriol poured on Diane Abbott, Luciana Berger and…
This is the full text of the speech that Yvette Cooper gave to today's Fabian's summer conference. Thank you Andy for inviting me to speak to you today. Britain’s oldest political think tank at the forefront of the future fight for social…
The Labour Party has spent the last month celebrating unexpected success. And rightly so. The party started so far back that it could never have won the 2017 election. It did as well as anyone could have reasonably hoped - and is in an…
Yvette Cooper will give the keynote speech at the Fabian's summer conference this Saturday. The conference, entitled Path to Power, will see a range of MPs, journalists and other key political figures come together to debate and discuss the…
Labour’s flagship education announcement yesterday is rather less than it seems. The £1.5bn announced for adult skills is of course a welcome boost, especially for a public service that has been starved for six years. But it’s only a small…
I agree with Jeremy Corbyn – things need to change. This government has failed to deliver for the British people. Wealth concentration and inequality – between generations, genders and parts of this country – are too great. We have created…
Jeremy Corbyn must use Labour's manifesto to pledge action on tackling global poverty, protect the environment and deliver better education, the Fabian Society said today. The Labour-affiliated group called on Corbyn and all the main…
