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Educational disengagement starts in primary school...
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The banking crisis is the most explosive example of how the shareholder value model failed
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We shape and strengthen our character throughout life, but the critical years are the early ones
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Social-ism should be defined as the ability for people to exert maximum control over their lives...
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Character is an essential ingredient of a good life and a good society
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The cultural and creative sector reflects and generates the values that make up our society
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Discussions about 'devolving' power approach the question from the wrong direction...
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For progressive conservatives, the problem is not too much ownership but that there's not enough...
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Universities are becoming partners in learning and research rather than sole providers
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The government can no longer afford to be agnostic on how and where wealth is produced
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Parents are the principal architects of a fairer society
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Power should remain local unless there is a compelling case for it to be centralised...
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Serving your community should be woven into every stage of life
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Let's not pretend, as Sarkozy argues, that banning the burka will free women from 'imprisonment'...
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Universities are just one source among many for ideas, knowledge and innovation
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A culture of imagination will lead to a stronger and more resilient Britain
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MPs cannot represent their constituents because the whips are their masters, not us
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The capabilties that make up our character are vital for social mobility
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Powerlessness disfigures our nation and weakens our society
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It's not more education that children need, it's better character...
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It's not an absence of freedom but 'power failures' that let down modern Britain
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Labour is a crusade or it is nothing. But where is the crusade leading?
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First class public services require first class public servants
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People, as well as planning, will make Britain a more resilient nation.
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It is time to put our trust back in the front line of public services...
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There are in Britain not one, but 'two nations': the powerful and powerless
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Caroline Lucas closes Politics 2010 lectures
The leader of the Green Party marked the last in Demos's Politics 2010 lecture series with a speech on Wednesday morning.
Calling for an end to both human and environmental exploitation, she argued that the green agenda can serve the goal of equality better than any other. Read the speech.
Demos Annual Lecture: Amartya Sen
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen delivered the Demos Annual Lecture on Monday evening. Thanks to everyone who came, watched online and joined in with their questions and thoughts.
You can watch the whole event through our Video On Demand here.
It's who you know
Last Friday we hosted Nicholas Christakis from Harvard University and Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, who gave a stimulating - and amusing - discussion on the power of social networks.
They covered everything from the quiet riot of the obesity epidemic to slime mould. In case you weren't there, we've made two short films.
1 in 10 five year olds are disengaged from school
Demos's latest report Ex Curricula, looks at educational disengagement in the early years. This study of over 15,000 children found 1 in 10 start school without the behavioural skills to learn.
Download the pamphlet and read the blog.
We mean power
On Monday night James Purnell MP delivered a speech at the London School of Economics on the future of the Left in Britain. Watch the speech here.
The speech marked the launch of We mean power: ideas for the future of the left - a collection of essays edited by James Purnell and Graeme Cooke at Demos' Open Left project.
www.openleft.co.uk
'Sit up and listen'
Last month Demos launched The Character Inquiry with a speech by David Cameron MP. He called on people to 'sit up and listen' to evidence from Demos highlighting the importance of Building Character. Read the speech.
Read more about the project and the enquiry members here.
Illegal downloaders spend more on music
Demos' latest research finds that people who admit to downloading music illegally spend over £30 more on music per year than those who don't.
Download the full report here.
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