If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine’ Horace This week the College of Emergency Medicine highlighted the challenges facing emergency departments across the country with unsustainable workloads and staffing shortages. Whilst the design, funding and running of the emergency care system needs urgent attention it is also a…
They say that when you know you’re going to die, you don’t remember the deadlines or the car you had, you don’t wish you’d worked harder or saved more or eaten more fibre – you remember the kisses, the long sprawling days in the park with your friends, the people you loved and who loved…
Typically on the left when we think of pensions, we think of the state old-age pension. Labour has a proud record in defending and enhancing the state pension to prevent poverty in old age. The last Labour government focused on the poorest pensioners, adding pension credit to the basic state pension to ensure that for…
The big story from the police and crime commissioner elections was low turnout. And it was the same in the three recent by-elections. It may be that a grey mid-November polling day is to blame, but it may be that voter apathy and political disengagement is winning the argument. The last general election was won…
Two weeks ago, the Royal College of Nursing at its annual conference raised concerns over low staffing levels and believed that some of the important recommendations from the Francis report such as a registration system for healthcare assistants were being ignored. This brought into focus again the failings identified by Francis, in particular the need…
“When all this is gone, what’s left is what matters most: the people you love – your family, your friends.” The Guardian’s Mike White tells me these were Jim Callaghan’s words, quoted by a member of his family at the memorial service for the former Prime Minister and his beloved wife Audrey. I’m sure many…
Yesterday on LabourList Adam Lent argued that the Labour party has been overrun by ‘vulgar Fabianism’. In saying this Lent considerably overstates the intellectual weight of Fabianism in contemporary Labour debates (perhaps I should be claiming otherwise) and underplays the influence of ideas which I imagine are more to his liking. ‘Spirit of 1945’ Fabianism…
Come and join the Fabians as we launch our new policy report in association with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung entitled, 'Next Generation Europe'. The event will feature contributions from Shadow Europe Minister Emma Reynolds MP as well as the report's authors. The...
In association with Labour's Policy Review Liz Kendall delivered a keynote speech on how changes in family life and the implications of our ageing population call for radical new approaches to public services and the role of the...
Fabian Society New Year Conference: Next State will be taking place on Saturday January 12th and this year's special guest will be Ed Miliband. The venue will be the same as last year, the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford...
The Fabian Society, in partnership with Labour's Policy Review, are hosting an event to launch Jon Wilson's brand new Fabian publication, 'Letting Go How Labour can learn to stop worrying and trust people' and to feed ideas into the next...
What’s our answer to the right’s agenda on crime? How can be innovative and win the public argument? Monday, October 1st Time: 18:00-19:30 Location: Conference Hall, Manchester Town Hall Speakers: Charlotte Rachael Proudman (Chair) Lord Beecham,...
6pm - 8pm In the wake of Occupy London campaign and efforts to clear Parliament Square and the Olympic Park of campaigners, this discussion will look at the ways in which our laws regulate the right to political protest...
In the wake of the financial crisis there has been a renewed interested in issues of fairness and responsibility. But what do these notions really mean? And how should they be applied to the social issues of our time?...
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