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Ben Cooper

Research Manager, Fabian Society

Fabian Society is based in Cities of London and Westminster — the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

Press citations

2

Topic

1

Adult social care & reform

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Ben Cooper: key facts

Kind of voice
Think tank
Role
Research Manager
Organisation
Fabian Society
Organisation based in
Cities of London and Westminster
Quoted on
Adult social care & reform
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

Who Ben Cooper is

Ben Cooper is Research Manager at the Fabian Society, Britain's oldest political think tank, which he joined in September 2018. He is also Head of the Fabian Housing Centre. He co-authored 'Support Guaranteed: the roadmap to a national care service' (2023) with Andrew Harrop, a report commissioned by UNISON and written at the request of then-Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting, which set out 48 recommendations for a National Care Service in England. In 2025 he co-authored 'Seizing the Opportunity', which made the case for a fully funded fair pay agreement for social care workers and called for a minimum wage in care aligned with NHS healthcare assistant rates. He is also a trustee for a charity supporting people with complex disabilities and is a former chair of the Co-op Party's (dis)Ability Network.

“While cross-party consensus is important, building the foundations of the national care service cannot wait. The second half of this parliament must be about delivering affordable, high quality and personalised care with better conditions for the workforce. Otherwise, voters will remain frustrated with the slow pace of change – and unwilling to trust the government with another opportunity to fix social care.”

References for this biography

  1. 1.Ben Cooper – Research Manager | Fabian Society — Confirms his role as Research Manager at the Fabian Society, his joining date (September 2018), his leadership of the Fabian Housing Centre, and his trustee and Co-op Party roles.
  2. 2.Support Guaranteed | Fabian Society — Confirms Ben Cooper as research manager and co-author of the National Care Service roadmap report, and identifies his X handle @BenCooper1995.
  3. 3.A National Care Service for all | Fabian Society — Confirms 'Support Guaranteed' was co-authored by Ben Cooper and Andrew Harrop, published 8 June 2023, funded by UNISON campaign fund.
  4. 4.Seizing the Opportunity | Fabian Society — Confirms Ben Cooper as research manager and co-author (with Joe Dromey) of the 2025 fair pay agreement for social care report.
  5. 5.Give care workers a £2,000 pay rise to help tackle workforce crisis | UNISON — Press release confirming the Seizing the Opportunity report was written by Joe Dromey and Ben Cooper, and its key findings on care worker pay.
  6. 6.Contact us | Fabian Society — Provides Fabian Society press/media contact details and confirms organisational contact information.
  7. 7.Contact us | Scottish Fabian — Confirms the Fabian Society head office address as 61 Petty France, Westminster, London SW1H 9EU.
  8. 8.Ben Cooper column: 'A National Care Service for everyone' | LabourList — Shows Ben Cooper writing publicly on social care policy as Head of the Fabian Housing Centre and LabourList columnist (July 2026), demonstrating ongoing public commentary role.

Notable achievements

  • Co-authored 'Support Guaranteed: the roadmap to a national care service' (Fabian Society, June 2023), a 48-recommendation blueprint for a National Care Service commissioned by UNISON and Wes Streeting MP, which was subsequently referenced in Labour's 2024 manifesto. Source ↗
  • Co-authored 'Seizing the Opportunity: A Fair Pay Agreement for Social Care' (Fabian Society, May 2025), calling for £1.5bn government investment to deliver a £2,000 pay rise for over 600,000 care workers. Source ↗

What Ben Cooper has said

Recent social activity

  • "There is a new generation of slum landlords across the country who exploit people’s need for housing, just like their Victorian + post-war counterparts. Except this time, the state is funding them." Read my @LabourList column on tackling slum landlords https://t.co/PgUT3nn3MJ

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  • I'm honoured to have been selected by @MHPC for their 30 to Watch Politics award for under-30s. I've been selected alongside some other amazing young people. And I couldn't have done it without amazing team at @thefabians. #30ToWatchPolitics https://t.co/f9XDN7OqGu

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Where Ben Cooper has been quoted

  1. Whatever happens with the leadership, Labour must tackle the issue of social care head-on | Heather Stewarttheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
  2. Plan to ban ‘private equity sharks’ from social care dropped, Wes Streeting saystheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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Chairs, directors and heads of policy institutes, foundations and think tanks speaking for their organisation’s research and policy position. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.