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Ed Miliband gave the keynote speech at the Fabian New Year Conference this morning, here's the full text of the speech: It is great to be back at the Fabians. And there is no better time to be here, than at the start of the year of the…
This weekend Ed Miliband will give a keynote speech to the Fabian Society. With the election just four months away time it’s time for Labour to develop a clear story around its vision, values and policy which can enthuse the electorate. For…
I think we can now conclude that Ed Miliband had a good Christmas break. In the first fortnight of 2015, he has seemed a different man from the uncertain figure we saw during Labour’s long and introspective Autumn. Since New Year he has…
The Fabian Society this week has produced a new report calling for wide scale transfer of powers away from central government to regional authorities. Marcus Roberts, author of the report, and Deputy General Secretary of the Fabians…
Since losing power Labour has thrown off the New Labour fixation with markets and top-down centralisation and embraced what Ed Miliband has called ‘people powered public services’. But the details on what this should mean in practice have…
A new Fabian Society report highlights the dangers UKIP will pose to Labour at the next election. It finds that the outcome of over 200 seats could be affected by UKIP in May next year, potentially costing Labour victory. Revolt on the…
In Bradford, deprived young people are now being provided with the equipment they need to participate in sport and divert them away from antisocial behaviour; in Leeds, women and their families, especially girls from a South Asian…
Today’s LabourList is being given over to the Socialist Societies, the group of campaigning organisations affiliated to the Labour Party. The Socialist Societies are officially the Labour Party’s (non-union) affiliates; those groups…
Yvette Cooper today warned that five more years of the a Tory Government could lead to an "existential crisis" of public services, including policing, social care and the NHS. Speaking to the Fabian Society Summer Conference, the Shadow…
The Fabian Society have always been seen as a highly centralised organisation. Those who know their Labour history will know that they have long been seen as the instigators and defenders of big state socialism. But politics is largely a…
The Fabians' new report 'Pride of Place' presents a challenge to the environment movement - to spend less time lobbying and more organising, to attend to the local case for action, rather than assuming top-down consent, and to consider how…
Right to Recall In the run up to the general election, one of the biggest issues - which Farage's party will continue to hang on the coattails of, as they did in last months elections - is voter disenfranchisement. As part of a bid to make…
