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“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/
The truism that economic growth threatens the climate may not be so true after all, writes @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social.
fabians.org.uk/growing-pains/
Growing pains? | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
fabians.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“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/
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!
PLUS... A very special guest keynote speaker. 👀
Want to know who it is? Get your ticket and find out on Saturday 24 January!
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
📢 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!
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!
Joining us for the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2026 - Minister the Indo-Pacific, and Equalities, @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social!
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
📢 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!
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!
Joining us for the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2026 - Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness,
@allymcgovern.bsky.social!
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
📢 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!
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!
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!
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
📢 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!
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
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
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
📬 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
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...
"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...
Road to recovery | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
fabians.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎙️ @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...
"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/...
The Autumn 2025 edition of the Fabian Review, “Damned Liberals,” is now online.
📖 Read it in full.
fabians.org.uk/publication/...
Autumn 2025 | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
fabians.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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/...
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.
It sets out how the government will deliver on its commitment of halving violence, including significant new powers to hold dangerous individuals to account.
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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.
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.
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.
December 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
✨ 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.
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/
The choice is a democratic BBC or no BBC at all, argues Tom Chivers.
fabians.org.uk/whose-bbc/
Whose BBC? | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
fabians.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“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/
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!
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!
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢 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!
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!
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"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...
‘The government’s workers’ rights agenda must include self-employed people too, writes @lukeraikes.bsky.social for LabourList.
labourlist.org/2025/12/work...
'The government’s workers’ rights agenda must include self-employed people too' - LabourList
The government’s Employment Rights Bill will boost employee protections, but millions of self-employed workers risk being left behind.
labourlist.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"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...
‘The government’s workers’ rights agenda must include self-employed people too, writes @lukeraikes.bsky.social for LabourList.
labourlist.org/2025/12/work...
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📘 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.
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In “Self-Care”, @lukeraikes.bsky.social sets out a plan to improve income security for self-employed workers.
🧵
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📘 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.
🧵
In “Self-Care”, @lukeraikes.bsky.social sets out a plan to improve income security for self-employed workers.
🧵
Reposted by Fabian Society
There are more than 4 million self-employed people in the UK, around 13% of those in work. 👩💻👨🔧
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
There are more than 4 million self-employed people in the UK, around 13% of those in work. 👩💻👨🔧
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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. 🤒
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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. 🤒
Reposted by Fabian Society
The government is currently making significant and welcome improvements to employee rights. To improve income security for self employed workers, the government should:
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The government is currently making significant and welcome improvements to employee rights. To improve income security for self employed workers, the government should:
Reposted by Fabian Society
Strengthen sick pay - with opt-out sickness insurance, funded by the self-employed and their engagers. 💼🛡️
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Strengthen sick pay - with opt-out sickness insurance, funded by the self-employed and their engagers. 💼🛡️
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Improve parental leave - raising maternity allowance, creating new paternity allowance and increasing KIT days. 👨🍼👩🍼
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Improve parental leave - raising maternity allowance, creating new paternity allowance and increasing KIT days. 👨🍼👩🍼
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Support pensions contributions - with auto-enrolment, promotion and LISA reform. 🏦
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Support pensions contributions - with auto-enrolment, promotion and LISA reform. 🏦
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📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain
Say hello to the first confirmed speakers joining us in January!
@lucympowell.bsky.social, @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social and Sir Stephen Timms MP
Who else might be joining the lineup? Find out soon 👀
Say hello to the first confirmed speakers joining us in January!
@lucympowell.bsky.social, @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social and Sir Stephen Timms MP
Who else might be joining the lineup? Find out soon 👀
December 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📢 New Year Conference: Renewing Britain
Say hello to the first confirmed speakers joining us in January!
@lucympowell.bsky.social, @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social and Sir Stephen Timms MP
Who else might be joining the lineup? Find out soon 👀
Say hello to the first confirmed speakers joining us in January!
@lucympowell.bsky.social, @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social and Sir Stephen Timms MP
Who else might be joining the lineup? Find out soon 👀
📘 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.
🧵
In “Self-Care”, @lukeraikes.bsky.social sets out a plan to improve income security for self-employed workers.
🧵
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📘 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.
🧵
In “Self-Care”, @lukeraikes.bsky.social sets out a plan to improve income security for self-employed workers.
🧵
Reposted by Fabian Society
The Self-care briefing from @thefabians.bsky.social sets out practical steps to improve income security for the UK’s 4.4m self-employed workers.
Freelancers deserve real protections on sick pay, parental leave & retirement.
📄 Read more in @labourlist.bsky.social: labourlist.org/2025/12/work...
Freelancers deserve real protections on sick pay, parental leave & retirement.
📄 Read more in @labourlist.bsky.social: labourlist.org/2025/12/work...
'The government’s workers’ rights agenda must include self-employed people too' - LabourList
The government’s Employment Rights Bill will boost employee protections, but millions of self-employed workers risk being left behind.
labourlist.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The Self-care briefing from @thefabians.bsky.social sets out practical steps to improve income security for the UK’s 4.4m self-employed workers.
Freelancers deserve real protections on sick pay, parental leave & retirement.
📄 Read more in @labourlist.bsky.social: labourlist.org/2025/12/work...
Freelancers deserve real protections on sick pay, parental leave & retirement.
📄 Read more in @labourlist.bsky.social: labourlist.org/2025/12/work...