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Businesses can do more to promote older people's social participation
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Serving your community should be woven into every stage of life
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Power should remain local unless there is a compelling case for it to be centralised...
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Parents are the principal architects of a fairer society…
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It is those who do not go to university that need the greatest protection in the labour market...
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Educational disengagement starts in primary school...
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Internet activism is becoming the norm for a younger, digital generation...
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The current legal status of assisted dying is inadequate and incoherent...
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Being British is more about doing your bit than things like Buckingham Palace...
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It's not more education that children need, it's better character...
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It is important that young British Muslims are free to be radical and dissenting...
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The open society cannot be relied upon to defend itself...
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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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For disabled people, cuts to welfare will have a deep and lasting impact...
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First class public services require first class public servants
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To deliver the best for looked after children, the state must be a confident parent...
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Young people who lack digital fluency are at risk of falling prey to misinformation...
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The rise of populism in Europe can be traced through online behaviour...
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Powerful ideas.
Demos is a think-tank focused on power and politics. Our unique approach challenges the traditional, 'ivory tower' model of policymaking by giving a voice to people and communities, and involving them closely in our research.
Crisis of masculinity
Demos marks its twentieth birthday with a series of lectures looking at some of the biggest challenges facing society over the next 20 years.
In the first of this series, Diane Abbott identifies a 'crisis of masculinity’ in Britain, arguing that rapid economic and social change has affected male identity.
Read the speech.
A toxic system
Our latest report takes aim at the school accountability system of Ofsted and exam league tables, arguing that it has proved toxic for all involved.
It advocates instead for a new 'multi-perspective' inspection regime, which includes the views of pupils, parents, teachers and school leaders.
Read the report. Read the press release.
Living together
Demos has released fresh analysis of recent Census data as part of its project looking at the extent of ethnic and cultural integration in Britain.
The figures reveal that almost half of ethnic minorities in England and Wales now live in areas where white British people are in a minority.
Read the analysis and the press release.
On the money
Demos Finance is a new financial services research unit providing original reports, expert commentary and analysis on the most pressing financial issues of the day.
It will generate innovative ideas and suggestions for public policy and aim to explain complex arguments in a jargon-free way for a non-specialist public.
Find out about the project.
Virtual members
Various measures of offline political activism appear to be falling, but people are increasingly using social media to stay politically engaged.
CASM data analysis shows Facebook and Twitter followers eclipsing traditional party membership, while also displaying high levels of political tribalism.
Read the paper. See the infographic.
The generational divide
Recent polling uncovers real divisions between different generations on how they feel about the welfare state.
A new Demos project will investigate the reasons behind these changing attitudes.
Find out about the project. Read more about the generational divide.
Policing our data
The surge of social media has transformed the way we communicate, and also had a major impact on criminal activity and crime prevention.
Our new report, Policing in the Information Age, proposes a legal framework to ensure police access to online data is proportional and transparent.
Read the report.
The unseen impact
From 1 April many of the Government's benefit reforms will start to hit home. But the complexity of the welfare system has hidden the cumulative impact of the changes.
Our latest analysis reveals that disabled people stand to lose £28.3 billion by 2017/18 with thousands facing combinations of up to six different cuts.
Read the analysis. Read the press release.
Understanding poverty
Read Poverty in Perspective, our landmark report that introduces a pioneering model for measuring poverty.
You can also view interactive infographics of our child poverty types on the stand-alone Poverty in Perspective website.
Read the report and the blog. Explore the infographic website.
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Health in An Age of Austerity
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The Pressures of Progress: a Twentieth birthday lecture
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LATEST PRESS
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Diane Abbott joins the panel of BBC's Daily Politics to discuss masculinity...
Diane Abbott to turn Labour’s attention to a ‘crisis of masculinity’
Isabel Hardman writes for the Spectator's Coffeehouse blog on Diane Abbott...