Fabian Society

25/05/2025

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

The government can act to transform the lives of babies and toddlers living in poverty - and do so with public support.

Read Ben Coopers’s recommendations to lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty 👇

https://fabians.org.uk/publication/first-steps/

25/05/2025

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

Around a third of children under five live in poverty.

The forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy needs to deliver for them.

In ‘First Steps’, Ben Cooper sets out how the government can tackle early years poverty with public consent.

Read the report now 👇

https://fabians.org.uk/publication/first-steps/

19/05/2025

A massive thanks to for joining us at the Fabian Society Health and Care Mission Summit!

19/05/2025

Great to be joined by at the Fabian Society Health and Care Mission Summit today!

15/04/2025

“The Maga takeover of the Republican party is largely complete, his ‘veep’ is looking likely to succeed him, and the Democrats are in disarray.”

Labour need not choose between defence and social welfare, writes Joe Dromey

There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen. These last few weeks have very much felt very much like the latter. By an unhappy coincidence, I started my new role as general secretary at the Fabian Society on 20 January, the same day Donald Trump started his new jo...

01/04/2025

“Clearly, the cost-of-living challenge has not gone away. Today, millions of households across the UK will see a triple whammy of bill increases.”

The government must prioritise improvements in living standards, writes Joe Dromey

Are you better off than you were four years ago? Since Ronald Reagan fought – and won – the 1980 presidential election on this simple question, politicians have focused relentlessly on living standards. There are good reasons for this. Living standards really matter for people. Improvements in l...

26/02/2025

Delighted to see our research manager Ben Cooper's work on early years poverty featured in the Guardian.

“As the government prepares its child poverty strategy, they must focus relentlessly on lifting babies and toddlers out of poverty – and ensuring they have the support needed to thrive."

14/02/2025

"It’s about hope – improvements in living standards, in public services – and hope for the future.”

Great to see our new General Secretary Joe Dromey featured in LabourList today, sharing his thoughts on defeating the far right and the Fabian Society's role in supporting the new Labour government.

Speaking to LabourList from inside the Fabian Society's HQ in a Westminster townhouse, the think tank's new general secretary Joe Dromey is telling the story…

28/01/2025

Saturday was incredible! A huge thank you to the hundreds of attendees and dozens of fantastic speakers who made yesterday so memorable.

A special thanks to The City of London Corporation and ICAEW for all their support.

We'll be sharing video of the plenary sessions in the coming days, so keep an eye out for those.

And in the meantime, join our thousands of members at the Fabian Society today: https://fabians.org.uk/membership/join/

25/01/2025

“The driving mission of progressive politics is the redistribution of power, wealth and opportunity.

“But real change takes time, and there are still so many challenges still to solve.”

Wes Streeting delivered the first keynote speech of the Fabian New Year Conference today, setting out the importance of rebuilding our NHS to rebuilding hope in our politics.

Wes Streeting has sounded the alarm over Reform's threat to Labour and the "corpses of progressive political parties" across Western liberal democracies, suggesting the latter…

10/01/2025

The Fabian Society New Year Conference will ask: 'what could Britain look like in 2030?'

Take a look at the full programme, and get your ticket now:

https://fabians.org.uk/event/fabian-society-new-year-conference-2025-britain-2030/

16/12/2024

📣 Say hello to the first three fantastic speakers announced for the Fabian Society New Year Conference!

👉 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP
👉 Minister of State for International Development, Anneliese Dodds MP
👉 Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Emily Thornberry MP

Book your tickets now!

https://fabians.org.uk/event/fabian-society-new-year-conference-2025-britain-2030/