
Luke Raikes
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Deputy General Secretary, Fabian Society | regions, devolution, productivity, industrial strategy, employment rights, ALMP | Views my own | 🏴
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https://fabians.org.uk/about-us/meet-our-experts/ 18-02-2009 20:12:34
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Thanks to the team The Fabian Society who organised AGM yesterday. Great to look back on an exceptional year& the achievements of Andrew Harrop &the team, contributing to Labour’s preparations for government. Lovely to hear from incoming GS Joe Dromey too - 2025 looks bright 🌹🐢✊


Great to see the government provide funding to local authorities to increase support for carers. This includes projects to help give carers respite breaks - which Andrew Harrop & l recommended in ‘Caring for Carers’. But there is still more to do to support unpaid carers… ⬇️

The term 'left-behind' conceals many shades. Europe’s vulnerable regions differ: some bear deindustrialisation scars, others face demographic collapse, rural areas grapple with isolation. As Sanne Velthuis et al. argue, policy must embrace this complexity doi.org/10.1080/003434…



"Unless Labour delivers for coastal towns and tackles disaffection, the tide will turn in the Sea Wall – and Reform will reap the rewards" Great to speak to Tom Scotson about the Sea Wall, a key Labour-Reform battleground 60% of Reform's seats are in coastal areas, inc Farage

Great to see some of Ben Cooper's research on early years poverty featured in The Guardian. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

The central question for the next election is whether people are experiencing rising living standards and improved public services. Our general secretary Joe Dromey shares his take on the local election results on Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4 Today

Following Reform and the Conservatives down a climate-sceptic path not only defies the evidence — it’s also an electoral dead end. Joe Dromey urges the government to stick to its bold clean energy mission on a Week in Westminster.

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 A Fair Pay Agreement in social care would give 603,000 care workers a £2,050 pay rise. In Seizing the Opportunity, Joe Dromey & Ben Cooper call for a bold, fully funded deal to attract 90,000 workers and save employers £163m.

“Too often I see structural ills in society can translate into illness and ill health” Dr Sonia Adesara 💙 opens today’s Health Summit with insights from her frontline experience as a GP.


Stephen Kinnock Joe Dromey Dr Sonia Adesara 💙 Dr Peter Prinsley MP Cllr Dr Roopa Farooki Rob Yeldham (he/him) Ben Cooper Sasjkia Otto Tim Horton Will Prochaska YoungMinds Innovation and Access panel featuring, Stephen Yemm MP, Mark Samuels, Hannah Davies, Luke Raikes


🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 The government can act to transform the lives of babies and toddlers living in poverty – and do so with public support. Read Ben Cooper's recommendations to lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty


📰 Read coverage of our new report 'First Steps' from caroline wheeler in today's The Times and The Sunday Times 👇 thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…