Young progressives Articles

The government’s announcement today of an update to the CONTEST strategy which aims to tackle violent extremism is a missed opportunity in the fight against terrorism, says David Chaplin

As the current general secretary announces his departure from the Fabian Society, has the Society reached the limits of its relevance and influence, or is now the right time for a new leadership to take Labour’s oldest thinktank in a new direction?

Just because the government hasn’t yet worked out its foreign policy objectives, doesn’t mean it can get away with cutting and pasting resources for our Armed Forces. Here are the glaring mistakes that the government has made on defence and why Cameron should swallow his pride and reopen the defence review.  

One of Labour’s big challenges in recent months has been to fully explain its economic policy to a sceptical electorate. The coalition has gained ground with its argument that substantially reducing the structural deficit is a moral imperative following Labour’s mismanagement of the economy.