Fabian Society Articles

Never mind how poorly George Osborne’s austerity policies have worked out, the chancellor remains confident that voters will remember that the global financial crisis took place on Labour’s watch. With the economy finally on the mend, regaining economic credibility...

Surely aspiration drives our politics? We aspire for our children to do better than we did ourselves. We aspire for our communities to do well, and we believe the best way of securing all of this is through working together because we achieve more together than we...

Today’s GDP figures offer a glimmer of light for the economy, up 0.3 per cent following the previous quarter’s contraction, thus avoiding a triple dip and raising hopes of good times ahead. Though still small, the better than expected rise has allowed George Osborne...

There are important lessons to take from Sweden. Ed Miliband must take the right ones, says Jonathan Todd Just as David Cameron jetted off to India during last month’s parliamentary recess, Ed Miliband was making his way to Sweden. The destinations were deliberately...