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By John Denham and Michael Kenny The soap opera of Labour’s leadership election has absorbed a good deal of the party’s emotional energy and political attention for the past few months. Above all it has distracted Labour from some of the…
Labour must accept and respect the referendum result, a report laying out how the party should respond to the Brexit result has said. The report from the Fabian society brings together Labour figures who lay out a "comprehensive Brexit…
John McDonnell has reaffirmed his commitment to introducing a universal basic income even though there is some hostility towards the policy currently within Labour. He said he does not expect the policy to make it into the party's manifesto…
The UK is set to see a sharp rise in child poverty, worsening circumstances for low-income families and a crisis in homelessness unless there is significant change to the Tories’ social security plans, the Fabian Society has found. The…
Huge strides have been made towards LGBT equality, thanks in large part to the actions of Labour Party politicians. Section 28 has been abolished, equal marriage rights have been secured, and society is becoming more tolerant and accepting…
Arts and culture have not been seen as a political priority for many years. The Government did issue a white paper in March 2016 which was the first since Jennie Lee’s in 1965, but it was dismissed in a national newspaper editorial as an…
All told, it’s not been a good few months for the standing of our politicians. Whether you think there was a good case to have a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU or not, the reason we were all put through it was ultimately one of…
The Fabian Society’s democratic reform programme covers, as it should, a wide range of useful reforms that need to take place to refresh – and maybe even to retain – a democratic society and a political system that reflects those values. I…
Whoever wins the leadership contest, the centre of gravity of the Labour Party has shifted to the left. Our members, our supporters and our MPs are more left-wing than 10 years or 20 years ago and two unashamed socialists are vying to be…
The vote to leave the European Union was a stark reminder that Labour’s political elites are losing touch with the working class communities the party was founded to represent. Despite the party urging otherwise, the majority of Labour’s…
Changes in the workplace and the world of big business means Labour is at risk of losing its traditional support base, Yvette Cooper has warned. Some of Labour’s current problems come from a failure to connect with working class voters who…
Angela Eagle has called for a new generation of women leaders in the Labour Party to oust the Tories from government. Speaking hours after launching her leadership bid, she said having more women in power could transform Labour into the…
