Governments have largely withdrawn from management of the economy and from regulation of corporate behaviour. Instead, they try to manage society and to regulate personal behaviour. As Duncan O'Leary puts it in the introduction to a Demos report published
The thinktank Demos this week launched UK Confidential, a collection of essays about privacy. It's beyond huge, this issue - it spans every technological advance that's ever happened, every element of government, every cultural trend: so many things make
The annual report from the Serious Organised Crime Agency, published yesterday, is a mix of self-congratulation and spectacular underachievement. While the rhetoric from politicians has been to get tough on organised crime, the reality is more humbling: w
Like terrorism itself, fighting terrorism is a creature of fashion. The latest on the catwalk is ‘countering extremism'. It is yielding negligible dividends. In some respects it is even counter-productive. It proposes cures for the flimsy rationale for
The Government should create ‘Wikirecords’ - online, accessible medical records which patients can contribute to and comment on – according to a new report from think tank Demos.
Ben Bradshaw invokes the views of the public to justify extending GP access. Telling us what we want and providing it is the oldest trick in the book. When asked what we want, we of course say that we want to be able to see whoever, whenever. But governme
The conversation between GPs and patients is under enormous pressure, and must be rethought for a less deferential age in which patients have access to vast amounts of medical information, a report launched by Demos today will argue.
The era of “doctor knows best” is over, a new report argues, and the GP–patient relationship must now be geared towards greater patient involvement. The report – by thinktank Demos – argues that the GP–patient relationship must be “rethought for a less
Assuming – as do Government ‘Think Tank’ Demos and Sir David Omand, former security and intelligence co-ordinator at the Cabinet Office – that we’re agreed on the requirement for a suitable National Security Strategy, what should it aim to accomplish?
Les deux anciens amis du PS, Eric Besson (devenu ministre d'ouverture) et Pierre Moscovici , se sont retrouvés hier à Londres pour dresser le bilan d'un an de présidence de Sarkozy... Bien sûr, ils ne sont pas tombés d'accord. «SIR » Eric Besson contre
Early warning systems would save government and housing providers money.
The ethical principles upon which the British security authorities should be allowed to monitor social media are laid out in a report published today by the think tank Demos.
With 100 days until the Olympics the Centre for London scores the organisers on progress so far.
People who identify with a faith – even if they are not actively practising – are more likely to volunteer, be politically engaged and be active citizens in their neighbourhoods, according to our new report. People who identify with a relig
A new evaluation by Demos finds that mentors benefit significantly from taking part in mentoring schemes.
The Commission on Assisted Dying publishes its findings and recommendations in its final report.
The latest instalment of our Disability in Austerity study finds that disabled people are confused about the nature of the Government's welfare reforms.
Shakespeare and the National Trust top a poll on symbols that inspire a sense of pride in the British public, beating the pound, the Monarchy and the BBC.
A Demos report surveying the views of 10,000 online supporters of populist movements has found that the majority are male and under 30.
A new Demos report on young people and unemployment.