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Fabian Review - Winter 2009
The Fabian Review New Year Conference special previews the politics of 2010
Is Equality Fair?
In this Fabian Special, John Denham, Kate Green, Stewart Lansley,Jemima Olchawski, Ben Page and Zoe Williams respond to new Fabian work on public attitudes to fairness.
The work, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found that most people think that 'deserved'...
Fabian Review - Autumn 2009
As the last Conference season before the election begins, the Fabian Review asks how Labour can use the pulpit of power for the next 200 days
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Fabian Review - Summer 2009
This edition looks at the next big ideas about how we want to shape our political and economic future.
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In the Mix
Housing policy across the last century has been nothing short of disastrous for many people. Despite the great ambitions of successive Labour Governments, housing still fails too many social groups. This Fabian Policy Report shows a strong association between public...
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Visions of the endgame
This Fabian Freethinking paper argues that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is on the verge of becoming irresolvable but that President Obama’s first term offers a final opportunity to settle it.
Attempts to revive sham negotiations between the reluctant parties or to build...
The Change We Need
Labour has a long history of looking across the Atlantic for inspiration. The founders of New Labour were famously influenced by Bill Clinton and his New Democrats and innovations such as the War Room, workfare and triangulation helped equip the...
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From Workhouse to Welfare
2009 marks the centenary of one of the most important moments in British welfare history: the publication of Beatrice Webb's Minority Report on the Poor Law . From the Workhouse to Welfare: What Beatrice Webb's 1909 Minority Report can teach us today is a...
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Fabian Review - Spring 2009
As the last Conference season before the election begins, the Fabian Review asks how Labour can use the pulpit of power for the next 200 days
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The Green Crunch
As Britain heads towards recession, many people on the left fear that the politics of the environment will get lost amid the clamour for short-term economic solutions. However, in ‘The Green Crunch’, former Chairman of the Environment Agency Sir John...
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Fabian Review - Winter 2008
This winter, the Fabian Review says that - as we enter a recession - we need fairness now more than ever
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Yes We Can
How can British politicians latch on to this year's American election euphoria? In a new Fabian Freethinking paper - based on ground war campaigning experience from the battleground states - Will Straw and Nick Anstead argue that a mix of technology...
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Mutual Action, Common Purpose
The Third Sector forms a crucial part of Labour's mission to build a fairer society. In this Fabian Freethinking paper, David Blunkett argues that the voluntary, community and not for profit sector have an increasingly important role in supporting people...
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This autumn party conference issue of the Fabian Review is the Progressive Fightback Issue
Fairness not Favours
This has not been an easy time to be a British Muslim. British Muslims have been at the sharp end of many public controversies – from the threat of terrorism to the role of religion in a society of many...
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Fabian Review - Summer 2008
This summer the Fabian Review exposes and explores Britain's class taboos.
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How to Defend Inheritance Tax
Inheritance tax is under attack, and not just from the political right. The critics of this tax have dominated the debate over recent years but, as the authors of this Fabian pamphlet argue, inheritance tax is one of the best...
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Fabian Review - Spring 2008
The Spring 2008 Healthy Issue of the Fabian Review makes a range of policy proposals and arguments and reveals new insights into the public's views on health
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