News & Insight

18 January 2017

This week, Theresa May set out her 12 principles for Brexit. She pledged that Britain outside the European Union will be a “great, global trading nation” that is “respected around the world and strong, confident and united at home”. Fast-growing economies in Asia...

16 January 2017

Leaving the EU has many implications - most of which are only now starting to become clear. Some affect the environment: it is often said that 80 per cent of UK environmental legislation comes from Europe, whilst the EU common...

16 January 2017

All of the party’s interventions in the next 12 months should be measured by three tests, writes Progress director, Richard Angell Never has an opposition proved itself so unfit to meet the 12 months ahead of it. Just 12 days into 2017...

15 January 2017

A radical agenda Join the Scottish Fabians in developing new policies for changed times New powers are coming to the Scottish Parliament. The SNP government is running out of steam and tied up in obsession with independence referendums. There is a desperate need...

14 January 2017

The Brexit negotiations will shape Britain for many years to come. Just as our membership of the EU helped define our economy, society and place in the world for more than four decades, so the decision to leave will define us...

13 January 2017

We all know there will be a number of crucial decisions taken in 2017. And we have to re-think how the European project continues in-line with the upcoming negotiations. Let us remind ourselves that we are celebrating 60 years of the...