Laurie Penny writes for the New Statesman on what a Universal Basic Income might look like in the 21st century. It may seem blasphemous to neoliberals, but a universal basic…
20 Jun, 2016
How would a Good Society look and feel? And how do we move towards it? Read our blog, comment, share and get involved in the debate.
20 Jun, 2016
Laurie Penny writes for the New Statesman on what a Universal Basic Income might look like in the 21st century. It may seem blasphemous to neoliberals, but a universal basic…
02 Jun, 2016
We all have our horror stories of the victims of deficit reduction. Mine is the sick feeling in my stomach last October, as Cameron made his Compassionate Conservative speech last…
01 Jun, 2016
50 years ago England beat Portugal in the ’66 World Cup Final. Mark Perryman argues English decline has left England racing to keep up with their Euro rivals in tomorrow’s…
27 May, 2016
Compass member Geoff Naylor asks how do we measure prosperity today? The great misfortune of present day life is that we have forgotten the purpose of work and become confused…
23 May, 2016
Howard Reed and Stewart Lansley discuss the growing demands for a UBI and how it could be introduced in the UK. You can read and download the full piece here or see below…
20 May, 2016
In the first of a series of letters to progressive parties, chair of Compass Neal Lawson writes for openDemocracy... Dear Greens, This is the first of a series ‘letters’ to the…
18 May, 2016
Compass' own Neal Lawson writes an extended publication that asks; can we have social democracy without social democracy? You can read the full piece here or see below for an excerpt.…
17 May, 2016
In the first blog in our series of Member's Thoughts, Joe Cassels writes about where Labour stands after the latest elections... I've said it before. I find politics fascinating and…
17 May, 2016
The Centre for Welfare Reform and its allies have, for some time, been concerned with the state of social care in the UK. This is not just a matter of…
14 May, 2016
As a politician on the frontline, I was delighted to give a response to the Great British Class Survey at the LSE. Mike Savage’s work tells us about how Britain…
13 May, 2016
When Ada Colau was elected mayor of Barcelona last year, it was a victory for a social movement that has learned how to use social networking to build mass participation.…
09 May, 2016
Compass Post Election statement: The old is not yet dead and the new has not yet been born. On the surface, the results on Thursday look a mess. Everyone went…