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Membership of the Labour Party matters. At its best, it brings activists identity, community, fulfilment and friendship. But negative experiences of membership are too common. New Fabian Society research, conducted with LabourList’s…
Ministers are making off with public money and taxpayers are paying the price, Labour has said. Following weeks of Tory sleaze allegations, the party has set out plans for an overhaul of the "broken" system that regulates ministers. Angela…
The latest Fabian Society survey of Labour members has found that those in disadvantaged or under-represented groups are more likely to report negative experiences of local parties, LabourList can reveal. According to the new survey…
Throughout the long history of the Fabians, the society has been one of the key places where Labour leaders come to define their vision. In pamphlets, articles and speeches, they have sketched out the future they want for Britain. Keir…
When I interviewed Fabian Society general secretary Andy Harrop recently, I asked whether he considered Keir Starmer to be a very Fabian Labour leader. “Yes. In many ways, yes,” he replied. “Keir's political backstory, his political life…
Keir Starmer has set out a vision for what he describes as a "contribution society" based on people "being part of something bigger, playing your part, valuing others not just because of what they can offer you". In a pamphlet published by…
Labour is at its strongest when it represents the full diversity of our country and when every member feels welcome to take part to the full – whether that is as a campaigner, party office-holder or by standing for elected office. Today the…
Boris Johnson and his ministers have squandered huge sums of public money – and not just during the pandemic. Tory claims to be trustworthy stewards of spending have been blown away amid payouts to pals and contracts handed to cronies…
The Labour Party has a problem. We know our opponents are using made-up ‘culture war’ controversies against us. But we don’t really know what to do about it. We can’t ignore each conflict the Tories throw our way in the hope they’ll fizzle…
A cross-party commission on early years provision has called for a major change of policy from government as part of the 'levelling up' agenda, including an immediate expansion of employment rights for new and expectant parents. The early…
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden last week provoked a new front in the ‘culture war’, proposing that national arts, culture and heritage institutions should be as representative of people in the North and Midlands as they are of a…
Now we know that 2019 was not as low as Labour can go. The party’s grim mauling in Hartlepool is proof that even working-class seats Jeremy Corbyn won are vulnerable to Boris Johnson’s new look Tory party. Results in council contests point…
