How community-powered politics can strengthen national pride and cohesion
Britain has been through a lot in recent years. The pandemic has inflicted huge damage on the country,…
Localism
To successfully level up, we must empower our local communities
For decades, the communities that used to power our country have only got the crumbs from the table.…
The power of localism is key to winning back communities across the country
Much has changed in our country since 12th May 2010, when David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s Rose Garden…
Labour should spread power and fight austerity by promising “first ministers” for each of the English regions
Our country is unequal and divided and a Labour government is the only cure. Austerity has opened up…
Fabians: Recruit a volunteer army to save our environment before it is too late
The Fabian Society today published Powerful People, Powerful Places, a report on environmental activism, which has been endorsed by…
Corbyn campaign chief vows to use democracy drive to block privatisation of council services
A senior member of Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign for re-election has said plans for a shake-up of democracy could…
Angela Eagle: Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse remains a myth
We have heard a lot in recent years from George Osborne about the so-called Northern Powerhouse. We…
Politics after the Big Machine
Jawarharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of independent India was giving a speech in a bus factory. Nehru’s topic…
What Labour need to do to deliver on housing
For a government that is supposedly all about “Localism”, it’s ironic that the Coalition’s chief planning reforms have…
Only by rejecting the big state can Labour achieve social justice
Public services built to cope with the demands of the previous century now operate in a landscape that has changed unrecognisably. Not only have…
