Welfare cuts will cost disabled people £28bn over five years
The Guardian covers Demos research into the cumulative impact of welfare cuts.
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David Goodhart on Week in Westminster
David Goodhart discusses Labour policy with Tristram Hunt MP on BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster.
Reward patients who eat healthily
The Mail reports on the recommendations of our most recent publication, Control Shift.
Max Wind-Cowie on the Today programme
Max Wind-Cowie, author of Control Shift, appears on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme to argue that healthy people should be prioritised for non-emergency NHS treatment. (From 2h40m).
Healthy patients 'should be rewarded' says think-tank
Max Wind-Cowie is interviewed on camera by the Telegraph about his recent report, Control Shift.
The NHS and Demos - it’s a bad idea to stigmatise the poor
The Independent argues that, though it is 'a sensible premise' that 'individuals should take responsibility for their own health,' the recomendations of our Control Shift report would 'punish those at the bottom of the social ladder'.
Patients living healthy lifestyles ‘should skip the queue’
The findings of Demos' recent report Control Shift appear in the Metro.
Jobseekers should be paid to work out at the gym, says thinktank
The Mirror summarises the findings of Demos' Control Shift, which argues that adults should be nudged into making good decisions.
Eat your greens? Keep fit? Then go straight to the front of the hospital queue
The Independent reports on the 'controversial' recommendations of our Control Shift report.
How Beppe Grillo's social media politics took Italy by storm
On Comment is Free, Jamie Bartlett argues that Beppe Grillo won 25 per cent of the vote in Italy by combining new technology with old-style activism.
Demos: scrap Ofsted inspections to tackle ‘target-obsessed culture’ in schools
A new report by think-tank Demos proposes a fundamental shake-up of how schools and pupils are assessed in order to rescue an education system obsessed with targets and league tables.
Almost half of ethnic minority population now live in majority non-white areas
Analysis of the Census by the think-tank Demos reveals that almost half of ethnic minority residents in England and Wales now live in areas where white British people are in a minority.
Half of workers wrongly assume bosses would foot the bill for long-term sick leave
UK workers are risking their own financial security by failing to protect themselves adequately, in case they are forced to leave work by illness or injury, according to new research by the think-tank Demos.
Disabled people set to lose £28.3bn of support
Demos analysis reveals the full impact of the Government's changes to the welfare system on disabled people.
Hire social media chiefs to put ‘Twitter snooping’ on a legal footing, think-tank tells police
Police constabularies should install dedicated heads of social media to tackle crime and ensure responsible collection of online intelligence data, according to Demos’s Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM).
Demos: Reward healthy choices with fast-track NHS treatment
People who make healthier life choices should be prioritised for non-emergency hospital appointments, according to an independent think-tank.
Ethnic minorities feel more empowered than white Britons, finds study
White British people feel significantly more disenfranchised by modern politics than minority groups, according to an analysis of a major government survey of community life in Britain by the think-tank Demos.
‘In broadband we trust’ say supporters of Italy’s Beppe Grillo
A pioneering survey of Beppe Grillo’s populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) reveals astonishing levels of distrust in politics, business and the media among its online supporters.
Demos: 120,000 pensioners a year to miss out on social care relief if Government ditches Dilnot cap proposal
Demos analysis reveals an extra 120,000 elderly people a year will receive no relief on their social care costs if the government forego Dilnot recommendations and adopt a £75k cap
Use benefits to change behaviour, argues Demos
New report shows how prepaid cards could offer financial inclusion to Britain’s 2 million unbanked and nurture a generation of savers.