Heading to LGA Labour Conference this weekend? So are we! Come and say hello at our exhibition stand and hear about how you can get involved in the Fabian Councillor Network, and join the conversation at our panel event 'Leading Locally, Building Nationally' on Sunday at 11.30!

Voters want more homes and more accessible green spaces. Building on golf courses is a way to deliver both. The government should make this argument - and they can win it. Read my column for @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/02/stop...

📢 Fabian Thinking: Book Club - with @tombaldwin66.bsky.social! Join us at 19.00, on Wednesday 11 February as we sit down with the author of 'Kier Starmer: The Biography'. You will also have your chance to put your questions to Tom - email questions to [email protected]

After 25 years on the NHS frontline, I see the govt's 10-year health plan as our chance to finally make the vital 'left shift' to proactive, community care. The human cost of delay is devastating but a better future is possible. Read in full @thefabians.bsky.social: fabians.org.uk/frontline-2/

“We must empower clinical leadership and ensure sustainable funding follows the patient directly into the community.” A sustainable health service needs a proactive, community-first approach backed by significant investment, argues @paulettehamiltonmp.bsky.social fabians.org.uk/frontline-2/

TONIGHT: 'In Conversation' with @metromayorsteve.bsky.social! Join us, and our friends at @labourlist.bsky.social tonight at 17.15 LIVE on YouTube for the first of our in conversation series. www.youtube.com/live/7lnUTv7...

“The government can and should take full advantage of the work being done across this ecosystem” @emmaburnell.bsky.social of @labourlist.bsky.social reflects on Fabian New Year Conference, and why the progressive policy space matters for Labour. labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...

Why should you join the Fabians? 📚 Quarterly editions of the Fabian Review. 📢 Access to exclusive events. 🤝 A place to network in the Young Fabians, Fabian Women’s Network and Fabian Councillors’ Network 🌹 Help shape the future of the left But why take our word for it? 👇

📣 First episode alert! LabourList In Conversation, brought to you in partnership with @thefabians.bsky.social goes live Tuesday 3rd Feb @ 5:15pm with Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram — talking Labour’s past, present & future 🔴 WATCH HERE (03/02/26 5:15pm): www.youtube.com/live/7lnUTv7...

“There is an urgent need for a medicines payment framework which, while incentivising R&D, is fairer to NHS patients” The UK already overpays for branded drugs - the government must resist pressure for further rises writes Mark Sculpher. fabians.org.uk/strong-medic...

Enjoyed my first @thefabians.bsky.social Conference as a staff member this weekend. I met many members, thinkers & ministers enthusastic about renewing Britain. At our renewing local government session, I was privileged to introduced @allymcgovern.bsky.social, who's helping drive that renewal.

“UK aid’s importance cannot be overstated – beyond the numbers, it is a lifeline for millions of people in need of vital resources to build a better, safer future” The UK aid cuts will cost lives, with consequences for us all, writes Romilly Greenhill. fabians.org.uk/grave-respon...

"As a country we've allowed the far-right to frame this debate with hatred" A huge thank you to @london.gov.uk for joining us today at New Year Conference.

Now a session on renewing regional economies is getting underway with @lucyrigby.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @kiranstacey.bsky.social and @lukeraikes.bsky.social. Luke of @thefabians.bsky.social highlights how this government’s abandoned past ‘fatalistic’ attitudes towards many areas

The populist right claims that London has fallen, says @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social at @thefabians.bsky.social New Year Conference. They attack our capital because they can’t stand what London represents: A city which is diverse but thriving. With a mayor that happens to be a Muslim.

Our Chair @drsarahyde.bsky.social opens 2026 New Year Conference with a message for the Labour movement: “Press in and retain our optimism about this country and our communities”

Registration for New Year Conference: Renewing Britain is now CLOSED! If you have signed up you will receive an email shortly outlining important information for tomorrow's event - make sure you check your junk folder! If you have not received your email, get in touch at [email protected]

🇪🇺 What can Europe teach us about devolution? By international standards, the UK is highly centralised, causing regional inequality in productivity, income and health. This collection of essays looks to our European neighbours to explore what works and what doesn’t 🧵

🚨 ONE WEEK TO GO 🚨 Just one week until the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2026: Renewing Britain!

We’re delighted to be launching a new event series Fabian Thinking Book Club!📚 Our first book club will be with @tombaldwin66.bsky.social on 11th February, discussing his fascinating book on Keir Starmer.

Today, @thefabians.bsky.social and the Fabian Housing Centre are publishing Beyond Numbers: Building Great Places to Live. This edited collection looks at how to build attractive, high-quality homes in flourishing communities. fabians.org.uk/publication/...

🚨 New Edited Collection 🚨 
 “Building 1.5m new homes is crucial for the future of this country” @bencooper1995.bsky.social introduces “Beyond Numbers”, which explores how we can build high-quality homes and develop flourishing communities 🌳🏠

“Requiring women with children or those with disabilities to return to the office fulltime might well be a breach of some of the UK’s more complex discrimination laws.” Australia shows what the right to home working could look like, writes Sarah Russell MP fabians.org.uk/no-place-lik...

📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain Joining us for the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2026 - Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and City Minister, @lucyrigby.bsky.social!

📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain Joining the lineup for the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2026 - Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services, @sarahsackman.bsky.social!

🚨 10 DAYS TO GO 🚨 The countdown is on for New Year Conference 2026: Renewing Britain

Hear from Brad in the Fabian events team about what is coming up at New Year Conference: Renewing Britain 👇 📅 Saturday 24 January 📍 Central London 📢 Speakers include @wesstreeting, @Ed_Miliband, @LucyMPowell and many more 🚨 PLUS a very special guest keynote speaker

New Year Conference: Renewing Britain is just around the corner! With: Wes Streeting MP, Ed Miliband MP, Lucy Powell MP, Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, Matthew Pennycook MP, Sir Stephen Timms MP, Alison McGovern MP, Seema Malhotra MP, Sarah Sackman MP - PLUS a very special guest keynote speaker!

“If legal action is the only route to seek fairness and justice, authors will take the fight to big tech.” The government needs to introduce tighter regulations to protect authors' copyright against AI, argues Anna Ganley from the @societyofauthors.bsky.social. fabians.org.uk/great-exploi...

“The employment rights bill and the New Deal for Working People are some of the Labour government’s most popular policies” Labour’s plan to offer guaranteed hours contracts to all workers will be transformational - only if we get it right. ✍️ @mwheelermp.bsky.social fabians.org.uk/zero-toleran...

“Those of us who care about growth should stop framing it as being in conflict with environmental objectives.” The truism that economic growth threatens the climate may not be so true after all, writes @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social. fabians.org.uk/growing-pains/

📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain PLUS... A very special guest keynote speaker. 👀 Want to know who it is? Get your ticket and find out on Saturday 24 January!

📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain Joining us for the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2026 - Minister the Indo-Pacific, and Equalities, @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social!

📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain Joining us for the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2026 - Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, @allymcgovern.bsky.social!

📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain We’re delighted to announce @ed-miliband.bsky.social, Secretary of State for Energy and Net Zero, as the next keynote speaker for the 2026 Fabian Society New Year Conference!

📬 Received the Winter Fabian Review yet? Fabian members have the chance to win one of five copies of "The Great Global Transformation", kindly provided by @penguinpress.bsky.social. ⏰ Deadline: 15 February

🎙️ @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social talks to @iggywood.bsky.social. "It’s all right for Nigel Farage – Mr. Money Bags can afford to pay for insurance." The Health Secretary discusses NHS reform, Palestine, and why he’s more left-wing than Zohran Mamdani. 👇 fabians.org.uk/road-to-reco...

Looking for Christmas reading? 🎄 The Autumn 2025 edition of the Fabian Review, “Damned Liberals,” is now online. 📖 Read it in full. fabians.org.uk/publication/...

Today, the government launches the Violence Against Women & Girls Strategy.   It sets out how the government will deliver on its commitment of halving violence, including significant new powers to hold dangerous individuals to account.

✨ Excited to receive our winter mailing - or want to gift it to a loved one? Gift your loved one Fabian membership. Members receive our NHS-themed winter mailing – including Fabian Review, pamphlets and edited collections – plus access to events and a weekly email.

“The fundamental problem is that we finance the BBC as a national public service broadcaster, but the British public has no say in how the BBC is run or governed” The choice is a democratic BBC or no BBC at all, argues Tom Chivers. fabians.org.uk/whose-bbc/

📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain We’re delighted to announce Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, as the next keynote speaker for the 2026 Fabian Society New Year Conference!

Draws on our @thefabians.bsky.social report published today: t.co/9dy0hOfCsn

"Income protection is particularly important for self-employed people. They get sick, have children and retire just like employees." ‘The government’s workers’ rights agenda must include self-employed people too, writes @lukeraikes.bsky.social for LabourList. labourlist.org/2025/12/work...

📘 How do we provide income security for the self-employed? In “Self-Care”, @lukeraikes.bsky.social sets out a plan to improve income security for self-employed workers. 🧵

There are more than 4 million self-employed people in the UK, around 13% of those in work. 👩‍💻👨‍🔧

Self-employed people get sick, have children and retire, just like employees do - but their income is not adequately protected by sick pay, parental leave or private pensions. 🤒

The government is currently making significant and welcome improvements to employee rights. To improve income security for self employed workers, the government should:

Strengthen sick pay - with opt-out sickness insurance, funded by the self-employed and their engagers. 💼🛡️

Improve parental leave - raising maternity allowance, creating new paternity allowance and increasing KIT days. 👨‍🍼👩‍🍼