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Britain's oldest political think tank. The future of the left since 1884.
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"2020 was an awful year. But this isn't just bad luck, as the prime minister would like us to believe. What we're seeing now are the consequences of @BorisJohnson's decisions. The slowness. The indecision. The incompetence" – @Keir_Starmer #FEPSFAB21
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A commitment from @Keir_Starmer at #FEPSFAB22 that a Labour government would treat mental health as seriously as physical health
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Power not protest.
BREAKING: Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy's speech is interrupted for a second and third time . 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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🚨🚨 NEW FABIAN REPORT 🚨🚨. 2 million older voters who did not support Labour in 2019 would consider doing so now. This is one of the findings of our latest report ‘A mature approach – How can Labour reconnect with older voters’ . Find out more in the 🧵 below….
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“Labour would make wellbeing matter as much as economic output,” @Keir_Starmer tells #FEPSFAB22
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NEW POLLING. A nationwide Fabian Society & @YouGov poll shows Labour is ahead in a subgroup of 125 target seats the party needs to win in England & Wales. LAB leads CON by 9 percentage points in the 125 seats - LAB 43, Conservative 34. 1/5.
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"Labour members are calling for proportional representation. It is time for the leadership to listen.". @darrenhughesnz chief exec of @electoralreform writes for the #FabianReview
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The Fabian Society is delighted to publish Keir Starmer’s new pamphlet . The Road Ahead.
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Thanks for the free publicity, Ben. To join the Fabian Society click
New: Trump HUD Secretary Ben Carson believes the Kavanaugh sexual assault allegations are part of a centuries old Socialist plot that began in England with something called the Fabian Society.
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We re-publish this essay by Jo Cox today to share the values & ideas she stood for #JoCoxMP
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“The Tories have become a high tax party. Why is that? It’s because they’ve become a low growth party … You’ve got the find the money from somewhere” - @RachelReevesMP #fepsfab22
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We're crowd-sourcing ideas for what Keir Starmer & the Labour party should do over the next 12 months. So far we've had policy suggestions of UBI, electoral reform & the green new deal. What do you want to see? . Take our survey now
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What do . Keir Starmer.Angela Rayner.Anneliese Dodds.Lisa Nandy.Nick Thomas-Symonds.Rachel Reeves. have in common?. THEY ARE ALL FABIANS . Join them, join the Fabians.
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'I'm sick of the vitriol poured on Diane Abbot, Luciana Berger and more. It is strait out of the Trump playbook' @YvetteCooperMP #FabSummer.
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We’re pleased to have @AngelaRayner opening our event & it’s brilliant to hear her say that she promises that under a Labour government the self-employed will never be forgotten again like they were during the pandemic.
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'Our critical challenge is older working class people. We have to be the party of pensioners just as much as young people' @OwenJones84.
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The only way you can be a responsible chancellor is by being a green chancellor - @rachelreevesMP at the Fabian northern conference.
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Today the Fabian Society reached EIGHT THOUSAND members. We’re larger now than at any time in our 136 year history. 🍾 🌹 🐢.
24 HOURS LEFT to join the Fabian Society and receive a vote in the Labour leadership election. Deadline: 5pm Monday.
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FABIANS IN GOVERNMENT. Congratulations to @Keir_Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 🌹
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Boris Johnson ‘mired in deceit’ and unable to lead, says Keir Starmer
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🚨 Fabian Society calls for ‘British employment insurance’ 🚨 . 🧵. Read the major new report, supported by @finan_fairness here:.
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“Both Keir and Angela exemplify the best of Fabian values in the way they combine such passion for social justice with a hard-headed practicality. The Labour party and the country will be well served by two inspiring Fabians leading the British left.”
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🌹"From day one, a Labour government will strengthen workers’ rights and undo the damage the Conservatives have inflicted on working people.". Read @AngelaRayner's piece from the summer 2022 #FabianReview .
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24 hours in A&E isn’t just a TV programme, it’s an experience people are having in our hospitals…12 years of Tory government have left our NHS in a perilous state - @wesstreeting #fepsfab22.
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FABIANS IN GOVERNMENT. Congratulations to @AngelaRayner, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 🌹
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“The Tories are actually the biggest threat to the United Kingdom. And I don’t say that lightly.” - @AnasSarwar #FEPSFAB22
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Jo Cox was a brave & passionate politician who left the world a better place. The Fabians will miss her greatly.
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141 Fabians elected!. From every corner of the country, brilliant Fabians will be shaping the future of the left in parliament. We can't wait to work with you all!. To all Fabians who stood yesterday, whether elected or not, you are the backbone of our movement. Your commitment
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‘We should strain every sinew to restore kindness and respect in public debate. Most British people do not want the vitriol’ -@YvetteCooperMP #FEPSFabSummer.
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As populism rises, gender equality risks ‘going backwards’ - @SadiqKhan #BehindEveryGreatCity #Fab18
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💡We're crowd-sourcing ideas for what Keir Starmer and the Labour party should do over the next 12 months. Tell us what you think. Click the link to have your say.
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The Fabian team are in Slough today getting out the vote for the fantastic @TanDhesi!. #Vote2017 #VoteLabour #GE2017 #labourdoorstep
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Another dark day for our democracy. From everyone at the Fabian Society, our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Sir David Amess MP.
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“It probably is true to say that I’ve moved to the left as I’ve got older. It's partly that times are different & it's also that I’ve become much more persuaded of the need for bold state action.” - @kate_murray interviews @Andrew_Adonis >> #FabianReview
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Men need to become better allies for women. Beyond the corridors of Westminster and the bright lights of Hollywood, many women are suffering in silence - @SadiqKhan #Fab18.
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We’re delighted to announce our next pamphlet is by @UKLabour leader @Keir_Starmer . #TheRoadAhead
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‘Every Tory government leaves the country in a worse place than it found it, every Labour government has the lot of improving it - and we will do it again’, says @NickTorfaen #FEPSFAB21.
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🚨 MAJOR NEW REPORT 🚨. Support Guaranteed: The roadmap to a National Care Service, supported by @unisontheunion . This is a comprehensive plan for how to deliver on @UKLabour's ambition to create a National Care Service in England.
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To mark the 25th anniversary of John Smith’s death today we re-publish his pitch to be Labour leader from 1992. It is still a very powerful statement of democratic socialism. Don’t miss our John Smith memorial lecture by @tom_watson tomorrow evening
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Labour will be setting out an alternative to inspire people, @wesstreeting tells #fepsfab22. “It’s not enough for the Tories to lose the next general election - Labour needs to win it.”
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'Labour is now shifting the centre ground, just as Attlee and Thatcher did' - @OwenJones84 #FabSummer.
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Shadow chancellor @RachelReevesMP: “Waste and cronyism goes to the heart of this government and who they govern for - their friends and a very small part of society. Keir and I want to govern for the whole country in the national interest” #fepsfab22
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'The Labour campaign inspired people across the country. People didn't just vote against the tories, they were inspired!' @OwenJones84.
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"Yes we have left the EU, that issue is settled. But we will always be European. And pro-European. And the Labour party will always be an internationalist party." – @Keir_Starmer #FEPSFAB21.
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FABIANS IN GOVERNMENT. Congratulations to @lisanandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 🌹
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🐢THE FABIAN LEADERSHIP ESSAYS. First up, here's Rebecca Long-Bailey and her four-point plan for power: @RLong_Bailey prioritises: .✅ Aspirational socialism.✅ A Green Industrial Revolution.✅ Empowering our movement.✅ A democratic revolution.
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Asked which Labour policies in government she’s most proud of, @KateGreenSU says lifting 1.1m children out of poverty between 97 and 2010. And SureStart centres. #FEPSFAB21.
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Labour to rule out pact with SNP. We’re excited to be hosting @ScottishLabour leader @AnasSarwar for a Fabian Society in Westminster lecture on Monday. Exclusive to Fabian members
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𝗙𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧. Good luck to @AngelaRayner! Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Labour's candidate for Ashton-Under-Lyme.
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I don't want arbitrary barriers to life long learning. People in their 40s should be able to realise their aspirations too - @AngelaRayner.
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‘The Home Secretary talks tough but when the going gets tough she’s nowhere to be seen. The government is lurching from one crisis to another’. @NickTorfaen #FEPSFAB21.
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Congratulations to @KateGreenSU - a long-standing and passionate Fabian - who has been elected as the new chair of the Fabian Society
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‘We need to treat nursery providers as a proper part of the education system not an optional extra’ - @TulipSiddiq #FEPSFAB21.
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I'm proud that more than half the deputy mayors of London are women. The fight for gender equality begins at City Hall - @SadiqKhan #Fab18
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.@AngelaRayner tells us that there must be a good school on every corner. We have got to start investing in education for young and old!
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Congratulations to our executive committee member @KateGreenSU on becoming shadow secretary of state for education.
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Never have the British people been asked to pay so much in tax for so little in return in public services, says @RachelReevesMP at our northern conference.
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POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT: “If I win the election in May I will introduce a #GreenNewDeal for London to be carbon neutral by 2030” - @SadiqKhan 🌳🌹
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We‘re delighted to announce the winner of this year’s best article is @GloriaDePiero for ‘smashing the class ceiling’. “Labour must not only speak for the working class, it must speak from the working class too” >> read it here .#FabManc.
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Fabians are at the heart of the new government. Unfortunately this means that some members of our Executive Committee must step down in order to fulfil their new roles on the frontbench in the House of Commons and House of Lords. We are incredibly grateful for the massive
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‘Chris Grayling has done more than Karl Marx and Jeremy Corbyn combined to make the case for re-nationalisation of the railways’ - @Andrew_Adonis #Fab18
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"We need a relentless focus on how well public money is spent, not just how much. The Conservatives have wasted and mismanaged billions in this crisis without batting an eyelid." – @AnnelieseDodds #FEPSFAB21.
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Ofsted resources would be better used looking at areas like remote learning, catch-up provision and wellbeing, rather than returning to routine inspections in these extraordinary times - @wesstreeting #Fabians20.
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- 8500 more mental health professionals to support 1 million more people a year.- Every community will have a mental health hub for young people.- And under Labour spending on mental health will never be allowed to fall #FEPSFAB22.
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"We have to be clear, crisp and confident in what we have to say, and show people there is an alternative to this dreadful government" - @EmilyThornberry #FEPSFAB21
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'The idea that a centrist platform would have performed just as well is for the birds' - @OwenJones84 #FabSummer.
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It’s our 137th birthday today!. Help us celebrate and join the Fabian Society .
The Fabian Society, a gradualist socialist organisation, was founded #OnThisDay 1884. Famous Fabians include George Bernard Shaw, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, R. H. Tawney, Clement Attlee, Jawaharlal Nehru, Ellen Wilkinson, Tony Benn and Tony Blair.
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Congratulations to Fabian member @SadiqKhan on his re-election as @MayorofLondon. Ahead of the election, Sadiq answered our questions for the Fabian Review, take a look at what he had to say
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We’re devastated to hear of the loss of our sister Tessa Jowell. A lifelong Fabian, Tessa joined the society aged 20 and was a member for 50 years.
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One thing that doesn’t cost a penny is a change of attitude about the importance of the arts. The arts are for everyone - @Aiannucci #plansforpower.
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‘You get a very good education in a comprehensive school - I am passionately pro comprehensive education’ - @KateGreenSU in conversation with @schooltruth #FEPSFAB21
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🌹 Congratulations to the new leader of @UKLabour and member of the Fabian Society executive committee @Keir_Starmer . Read Keir’s leadership essay ‘uniting our movement’
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After #keirstarmer’s speech General Secretary @andrew_harrop said "It's promising that Keir has committed Labour to four vital economic priorities: prosperity, security, equality and long-termism. He showed that only an active and ambitious state can achieve those goals"
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We’re so very sad to hear of the sudden death of Jack Dromey MP. He was a towering figure of the British left and a much-loved member of the Fabian Society.
Our dad - Jack - died suddenly today. We loved him so, so much. Rest in peace big man x
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‘The British people are more tolerant, outward-looking and progressive than the government ruling over us. The challenge is to make those voices heard standing up against a no deal Brexit’ - Gordon Brown @thefabians @hopenothate #GBUnity
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Labour leader @Keir_Starmer: “This self indulgent Tory party is having a fight about a leader they should’ve known from the start is not fit for office” #FEPSFAB22
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"One of most immediate lessons we need to learn from the US election, is don't let a populist leader define what the country believes in or stands for" - @EmilyThornberry #FEPSFAB21
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CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Roadmap to a national care service. The Fabian Society is seeking evidence and reform proposals to inform our inquiry on the journey to a new care service for England. Supported by @unisontheunion @wesstreeting
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Asked about the ‘1% pay rise’ @DrRosena points out that we stood on our doorsteps for 10 weeks in a row clapping for those who saved lives, including Boris Johnson for saving his life, this is nothing more than a slap in the face #RAKFabians.
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Fabians staff team delighted to support @RuthSmeeth in her campaign in Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove.
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Most important thing we can do to ensure gender equality?. The next time there's a general election we need to make sure it's Labour that wins - @SadiqKhan #fab18.
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60 yrs since its first publication, @jl106jml revisits Young & Willmott's classic, Family and Kinship in East London
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We're excited to announce that the Fabian New Year Conference will take place virtually on Saturday 16 January. Joining us will be, Leader of the Labour Party and former Fabian exec member, Keir Starmer. Tickets on sale today, starting at £10 for members.
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🖊️ NEW: Today we're delighted to launch Everyday Socialism, a new Fabian Society pamphlet edited by @RachelReevesMP. With contributions by @chakrabortty, @lisanandy, @AngelaRayner, @Tim_Roache, @graceblakeley, @bryworthington & more. Read it here 👉🏾
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"The elections absolutely should happen. If elections don't happen, it's the Conservative's failure." - @AngelaRayner #FEPSFAB21.
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It is completely wrong to expect young people to carry the debt burden from university education - @AngelaRayner.
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NEW: 95% of the people pulled into poverty by planned Universal Credit cuts will come from working or disabled households according to our new research launched today with @standardlifefdn . 📚
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NEW: @guardian story on Fabian Society report DOUBLE TROUBLE out today. Rishi Sunak's cuts 'risk plunging more than 3 million into poverty'
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𝗙𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧. Labour's candidate for Finchley and Golders Green is former Fabian executive committee member @sarahsackman. Good luck from the Fabians!
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As well as people in poverty, Labour needs to care about "the people in the middle", @OwenJones84 tells delegates #fab16.
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We will win the next election with a narrative of hope not despair… We are in the better lives business not the hairshirt business - @Ed_Miliband on Labour’s offer on the environment and climate change #FEPSFABNYC23
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The Fabian Society mourns the passing of our former General Secretary and Chair Baroness Shirley Williams. She contributed hugely to our work, one of the countless causes and movements she championed in an epic political life.
Very sad to hear of the passing of my inspirational predecessor Shirley Williams - general secretary of @thefabians 1960-63, chair 1980-81. Condolences to all her friends and family . A true loss to centre left politics
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📕NEW REPORT LAUNCH📕. Today we launch 'A Good Life In All Regions: Uniting Our Country To End Poverty' the final report of the Commission on Poverty and Regional Inequality.
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