If we want to build a better future, where do we start? In 1925, John Maynard Keynes shared his answer to that question in a letter to the British journalist…
28 Jul, 2021
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16 Mar, 2021
Introducing the New Power Project
Compass and Labour Together are launching a new project to explore how new and old forms of power can work together – a progressive operating system for the 21st century.…
14 Oct, 2020
Responding, building and transforming collaboratively in Barking and Dagenham
The Covid-19 crisis has challenged everyone, not least local government. Many councils have struggled to cope with the fallout from the virus, while others, like Barking & Dagenham, have managed…
07 May, 2020
Insecurity at the top can create security for all
In September, Compass will be co-launching a report analysing what over 100 interviews tell us about the attitudes and civic and political behaviour of the top 10 per cent highest…
14 Apr, 2020
Social Rights in Post-Covid Britain
This article originally was originally published by the Labour Campaign for Human Rights (LCHR). The ongoing Covid crisis has brought the issue of so-called Social Rights into sharp relief. These rights…
16 Mar, 2020
The Politics of a Pandemic
A crisis like no other It is now clear that we face a global health emergency as a result of the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus. The evolving pandemic,…
25 Apr, 2019
Realising the Good Society: a pulse check
Following the lively panel and open space session at our recent conference Leaving the 20th Century, we’d like to start a conversation with our members and supporters about how we…
17 Oct, 2018
New publication: The Causes and Cures of Brexit
Two and a half years ago the UK saw the biggest democratic revolution of a generation. The vote for Brexit had been a long time coming. Millions of our fellow…
24 Nov, 2017
How do we make a Good London?
Our Good London project sets out a bold vision for a better city. The project brought together citizens from all across London, to discuss, decide and determine the shape of…
03 Dec, 2016
All that suffering. For what?
I cannot have been alone in my reaction to last week's Autumn Budget announcements from Philip Hammond in which the government promises that underpinned the austerity agenda for the last six…
22 Aug, 2016
Social Democratic Team GB vs Freemarket England Team
Mark Perryman outlines what Great Britain’s Olympic success does, and does not, mean Team GB’s second place in the Rio medals table is nothing less than staggering. It is only…
15 Aug, 2016
Should we tax mechanization?
One of the memorable features of growing up in a small country town was the Bank Manager. He, for it was invariably a man, held an esteemed position: authoritarian but…