This year marks the Fabian Society's 140th anniversary. To celebrate, we asked Fabians past and present to reflect on its contributions.

Read the first instalment, featuring Labour leader Keir Starmer, here.
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The first Fabian Review of the year is here! Celebrating 140 years of Fabianism, featuring Keir Starmer, Sadiq Khan, stellacreasy and many more.

Become a Fabian today to receive your copy:
fabians.org.uk/membership/joi…

Just days left to apply for cohort 13 of the Fabian Women mentoring programme.

Applications for this year’s FWN public life and political mentoring programme close at midnight on 21 April 2024. To apply go to fabianwomen.org.uk/mentoring

Grants available for Scottish women.

Official poverty statistics paint a mixed picture, but headline poverty rates are not adequately capturing the depth of deprivation facing millions across the UK.

A new briefing paper by the trust's policy advisor Donald Hirsch on headline poverty rates.

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Okay, you've got until midnight on 21 April to apply for this year's Fabian Women training and mentoring programme! From personal experience, I can guarantee it's a brilliant opportunity as well as an excellent use of your precious time.

.Philip Whyte made his final TV appearance on ITV News, on his final day as director of IPPR Scotland. Fittingly, the discussion centered on tackling child poverty, a cause he dedicated himself to during his time here. The full video can be viewed here: itv.com/watch/news/cat…

Child poverty statistics released today show that 260,000 children, the equivalent of over 11,000 primary school classes, were trapped in poverty in Scotland in 2022-23. These figures must be a wakeup call says Philip Whyte

Read our full response here: ippr.org/media-office/n…

🤝 The Fabian Society have been invited to talks with civil servants

According to general secretary Andrew Harrop, it's a sign the civil service is starting to think about policy proposals that are 'influential in the lifeblood of the Labour movement'
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Really positive round table hosted by The Fabian Society this morning with representatives from Tesco discussing the future of skills across the UK and making the apprenticeship levy work for people and industry.

The large number of undecided voters means Labour can't take anything for granted, writes James Prentice
fabians.org.uk/on-the-fence

'There are things to welcome in this budget. But the numbers just don't add up.' Budget response from Andrew Harrop, general secretary of the Fabian Society.

BUDGET REACTION 🧵

There are things to welcome in this budget.

It is right to invest in prevention and technology for our public services, and it is right to move towards taxing earned and unearned incomes at a similar rate.

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#Budget2024 The Fabian Society

For many years the East Lothian Fabian Society offered lively discussion and debate, now with the support of Douglas Alexander we are delighted to relaunch this local society.

Join us and Douglas Monday 26 February at 7.30 pm The Waterside Bistro, Haddington EH41 4AT

'Immediate humanitarian ceasefire': Read the full text of the The Labour Party amendment on Israel and Gaza, set to go before the House later today:

labourlist.org/2024/02/snp-ce…

Last night our brilliant panellists talked about the importance of UK and Scottish science in ending malaria 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦟🌍

Thank you Katherine Sangster Dr Zubir Ahmed Kirsty McNeill Paul garside Victoria Fowler Malaria No More UK Scottish Fabians Scottish Labour

#FinishTheJob #ScotLab24

A really excellent meeting

Labour are targeting both the UK and Scottish elections in their campaigning scotsman.com/news/politics/…

🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔪 New: A Scottish Labour PPC + Scottish Fabians chair has warned many seats the party needs to win to get a majority in Scotland are on an 'absolute knife-edge' - despite the party's by-election wins and poll progress.

Latest from #ScotLab24 👇👇

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🌹 Scotland will be central to the delivery and success of a The Labour Party Government. Not a single vote can be taken for granted – we head into the General Election ready to fight for our communities and relieve the country from Tory destruction and SNP distraction.

Lunch time #ScotLab24 fringe with Scottish Fabians discussing the Path to Power with Jackie Baillie Tracy Gilbert Martin McCluskey Paul O’Kane MSP 🇺🇦 Katherine Sangster