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This is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn's speech to the Fabian Society New Year conference this morning. The absence of fairness and the wish for more of it is what drives us into political activity. We want a fair treatment for all, a…
UPDATE: Corbyn has also proposed that businesses be banned from paying out dividends unless they pay their workers the living wage, suggesting that Labour "bar or restrict companies from distributing dividends until they pay all their…
Labour has a mountain to climb to win a majority in 2020. On Saturday, at the Fabian New Year Conference, delegates will discuss research which estimates that the party will need to gain 106 seats and earn 40 per cent of the vote in order…
Women still face huge barriers to representation in the Labour Party, including facing a greater deterrence than men from the cost of standing and scrutiny of their private lives. New research from the Fabian Society released today lays…
Tristram Hunt this morning gave a speech on 'Labour's moral mission' to the Fabian Society, before joinig in a panel discussion with Gloria De Piero MP and Owen Jones. You can listen to the full event here, and read the full text of Hunt's…
Tristram Hunt, former shadow Education Secretary has said that the council tax system should be abandoned in favour of an annual levy calculated in relation to property values. Appearing on the Andrew Marr Shadow this morning, Hunt outlined…
The Fabian Society have today launched a survey of Labour Party members, which they say is the first of its kind, to help collect information for research into why different groups are under-represented in elected positions. It kicks off a…
The furore over tax credits has called the Prime Minister’s call for an “all-out assault on poverty” into question. While we now expect the planned tax credit blow to be softened, it still risks pushing thousands of people near the…
Andrew Harrop, general secretary of the Fabian Society, has warned that Jeremy Corbyn's plans might hurt the very people he is seeking to help. The findings by the Fabian Society project Corbyn's proposals would cost billions and could hit…
The Fabian Society has responded to comments made by Jeremy Corbyn in an interview with LabourList earlier this week, in which he suggested he disagreed with conclusions made in the group's post-election research. 'The Mountain to Climb', a…
Research suggests that talking about tax is not as "politically toxic" with voters as it is perceived to be, and Labour urgently needs to consider radical tax reforms, according to a new Fabian Society report. Tax for our Times (which you…
If politics is increasingly seen as a game, then why does it keep feeling like Labour’s not very good at it? To extend the metaphor well beyond breaking point, the polls suggested Labour was in with a decent shout of the play offs, when the…
