News & Insight

3 August 2016

On the walk from London Bridge to City Hall, I have a dozen choices of where to buy a coffee. However, the only place I can guarantee buying a morning coffee served by someone paid the London living wage is in...

2 August 2016

Upgrading Britain’s electoral management for a more inclusive, equal and fair democracy The gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ has moved to the centre of the political agenda in post-Brexit Britain. In Theresa May’s first speech as prime minister,...

2 August 2016

Our crisis of politics is also a crisis of education. Quite simply, we do not have an education system fit for purpose in the 21st century. We do not learn how to learn well. We do not teach how to...

1 August 2016

As a long-time Labour party member and sympathiser, I despair. It is perfectly obvious that in many – though not all – policy areas, Jeremy Corbyn is right and the old Blair-Brownite consensus got things wrong. It is equally evident...

1 August 2016

These are dark days for Britain, for the left, and for the Fabian way. The outcome of the referendum was a defeat for Fabianism – a rejection of our internationalism, our collectivism, our spirit of tolerance and openness. It was...

29 July 2016

What is happening to the UK post-referendum and how should Labour respond? The decision to leave the European Union was, amongst other things, a shock to the economy. However, the economic and financial reaction so far has been mixed and has...