February 2023 Antisocial behaviour is back on the agenda – it’s time to take a smarter approachAntisocial behaviour (ASB), and low-level crime, is once again back on the political agenda, with Yvette Cooper’s speech last week kicking off ...
February 2023 Inheritances are the £100 billion elephant in the room in talk of British declineIs Britain in decline? 2023 is looking bleak for the UK economy. According to the recent IMF forecast, it will be the ...
February 2023 The question everyone’s asking: how can we get people back into work? When Jeremy Hunt suggested that life for over 50s “doesn’t just have to be going to the golf course” he was criticised ...
January 2023 Metro mayors are a good first step towards a devolution revolution – the next is giving power to communitiesEnglish devolution is undeniably back on the political agenda. The government has previously presented its flagship Levelling Up agenda as a blueprint ...
December 2022 Let’s get digital: Why Labour’s ‘Commission on the UK’s Future’ should go furtherTepid? Ever changing? Vague? Lacking vision? These are just some of the accusations often levied at Labour’s policy agenda, or – as ...
December 2022 Beyond bad information: exploring the causes and solutions to countering vaccine misinformationThe consequences of vaccine misinformation have been painfully felt in the last two years. Alongside the tragic and avoidable deaths of those ...
November 2022 Violence and censorship: online spaces still aren’t safe for women journalistsYesterday, in Human Rights Square in Vienna, activists gathered holding a vigil in memory and to call for justice for journalists killed ...
November 2022 Beyond Wild Wests and walled gardens: introducing the Good Web NetworkLast week we celebrated the launch of the Good Web Network at the Demos office: we asked, what is the Good Web, ...
October 2022 A home for change: introducing the Public Services 2030 NetworkOn Thursday October 20 the government collapsed – again. With Westminster’s focus on the exceptionally short term that day, it was a ...
October 2022 How would the public fill the £40bn funding gap?Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor have a £40bn funding gap to fill and the Chancellor has said nothing is off the table. ...
October 2022 Don’t leave levelling up behindAs conference season draws to a close and with a new prime minister at the helm, the future of levelling up seems ...
September 2022 The future of Legal but Harmful remains uncertainAfter a long and anxious summer for those of us working on tech policy, the new DCMS Secretary, Michelle Donelan, announced that ...
September 2022 The Mexican stand-off behind the Conservative leadership electionThrough the long leadership election for the new Conservative party leader I’ve noticed a recurring theme: the accusation that voters want unrealistic ...
July 2022 The Costs of Creation: What is a Fair and Desirable Future for Monetised Online Work and Volunteering?
July 2022 The OSB’s future is now uncertain – but not for good reasonsThe news broke on Wednesday that due to motion being tabled on a vote of no confidence, that the planned Third Reading ...
July 2022 How do we protect democratic speech online?Government regulation and political speech online are uneasy companions – discussion around how to regulate the online world frequently comes up against ...
July 2022 Voting online: How would the Online Safety Bill affect harms arising from political discourse?
July 2022 Settling in: An assessment of Operation New Hope’s support for Afghans who worked with the British Armed Forces
June 2022 CASM: How do we change the future of tech?This is a time of existential change, and technology has a role in it all. Climate change is accelerating, while blockchain technologies ...
June 2022 Gambling is not just a “man’s problem”With gambling, as in all areas, we cannot just apply what we know about men and assume it to be universal. This ...
May 2022 The Good Web ProjectAll too frequently, liberal societies struggle to articulate what a good Internet would look like. Some of it is hubris, a hangover ...
May 2022 “Does it count if I’m hurt in the metaverse?”: Living with Immersive HarmWith the publication of the Online Safety Bill, it has been a landmark few weeks for platform regulation. What is stated in ...
May 2022 Exemptions, exceptions and exclusions: Why the Online Safety Bill protects disinformation and abuse over freedom of speech and journalismThe UK’s Online Safety Bill has been lauded by the government as “world-leading,” with claims that it will make the UK the ...
May 2022 Introducing Combined ChoiceToday, we’re launching a new co-design tool called Combined Choice. This is part of Demos’ work to build a different kind of ...
May 2022 Myths and Misinformation: Mapping the barriers to smoking cessation and the uptake of nicotine alternatives
April 2022 Shadow profits in the data economy: unravelling the harms caused by ‘data brokers’‘Data’ is everywhere. A day doesn’t go by without a news story of how it is changing our lives: new businesses, new ...
April 2022 How Ireland is using remote working to level upA country with high regional inequalities, and an economy dominated by one large metropolitan area – the UK, you might think. But ...
March 2022 Mogg’s Missed Opportunity: It’s time the Government took public participation seriouslyAnnouncing his new role as Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency to The Sun’s readers last month, Jacob Rees-Mogg declared that, ...
March 2022 System change for system changes’ sakeThe publication of the Online Safety Bill, after years of debate and scrutiny and consultation, is imminent. By way of teasers, we’ve ...
February 2022 ‘Divide and level up’ won’t transform Britain: Demos response to the Levelling Up White Paper
January 2022 Why online anonymity is vital in a healthy democratic societyWe’ve come a long way in a year. The twelve month debate on whether anonymity online is helping or hindering democratic life ...
January 2022 Respect isn’t nonsense – it could be Starmer’s big ideaIn a speech aiming to kick off a “big year”, Keir Starmer this week put respect at the heart of his political ...
January 2022 Starting with the whyThis morning Keir Starmer chose to frame his offer to the voters under the banners of Security, Prosperity and Respect. He called ...
December 2021 The success of the Online Safety Bill will depend on the government’s ability to admit it could go wrong‘If it’s illegal offline, it should be illegal online.’ This is the rallying cry around which the debate on digital regulation in ...
December 2021 How to unite the ‘levelling up’ tribesDrawing on recent research published by Demos, Ben Glover and Andrew Phillips discuss how attitudes to levelling up differ across the country ...
October 2021 Consensus at home is just as important as consensus abroad to meet our climate targetsBy Charles Seaford With COP26 about to commence, the Government is on a mission to try and build consensus internationally in order ...
October 2021 How do we fight back against online abuse when counterspeech can’t keep up?Over the last few years, solutions to the problem of online abuse have been proposed and attempted – from pleading with platforms ...
September 2021 Gendered disinformation: The US can’t be content with content solutionsIn regulating online spaces, if we treat the problems of harmful content as separate from the problems of harmful systems, we risk ...
September 2021 A Room of One’s Own: Workshop: When is an internet user safe in a private space online?
June 2021 The Online Safety Bill: Will it protect women online?‘The safest place in the world to go online’. This is the ambition for the UK, set out by the Government in ...
June 2021 The democratic argument for tax simplificationTax simplification: unlikely to get you out of bed in the morning. If it does, you’re probably concerned about the business burdens ...
May 2021 Trusting the Data: How do we reach a public settlement on the future of tech?What role do we want technology to play in our lives? In popular debate, this question divides into two polar extremes: those ...
April 2021 Everyday Places: Creating strong locations to support daily life in Britain: Creating strong locations to support daily life in Britain
March 2021 Build Back Stronger: The final report of Renew Normal: The People's Commission on Life After COVID-19
January 2021 The regulation paradoxLast week, the world looked on in horror as a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, leading the people inside to ...
January 2021 How can tax help to fight the climate crisis?By Charles Seaford, Senior Fellow The Prime Minister recently announced a new target for UK greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030 – ...
November 2020 How will communities mobilise to build back a better Britain?Community spirit has been a welcome silver lining as we’ve seen the increasing role neighbours have played in supporting their local communities ...
November 2020 Consensus coming just-in-time: Economic resilience in the age of Covid-19With Britain so plugged in to the global economy, the pandemic has raised questions about our ability to provide for ourselves. Fears ...
October 2020 Everything in Moderation: Platforms, communities and users in a healthy online environment
October 2020 Online harms: A snapshot of public opinion“It’s a very strange state of affairs online…” – Participant in our men’s focus group What happens over the next few months ...
July 2020 Rachel’s Story: Close to Home“Covid strips everything back.” For Rachel, lockdown has given her the time and space to think through what matters to her. Not ...
June 2020 We can’t let the economic inequalities intensified by lockdown tear apart our social fabricThe economic impact of lockdown is by no means going to be felt the same by anyone. We have to build an ...
June 2020 In order to understand this pandemic, we need to throw out the research rulebookIt’s impossible to avoid the fact that this pandemic has been an intensely personal experience. All of us have seen our lives ...
May 2020 There’s no going back to normal. Join our national conversation about the future.Simon is in his fifties. He is in constant pain and has been for years. He can walk, but only a few ...
May 2020 How not to do platform regulation‘! Get the facts about mail-in ballots’. This week Twitter added a fact-check label to one of Donald Trump’s tweets, which incorrectly ...
March 2020 Demos under lockdownSquashed in the box room, trying to ignore the shouts of children outside. Huddled over a makeshift workstation in the kitchen while ...
March 2020 Our priorities for the BudgetAs the Government prepares for its first Budget this week, senior researcher Ben Glover sets out our priorities for the Chancellor, from ...
February 2020 How the internet could transform the labour market for the betterOnline learning has become so much a part of everyday life we barely know we’re doing it. But taking something for granted ...
January 2020 The Emperor Has No Clothes: A proposal to bolster the authority of Select Committees: A pamphlet from the Rt. Hon. Lord Andrew Tyrie
December 2019 2019 End of Year Video Look BackFor Demos, 2019 was a year of growth, impact and innovation. Demos Senior Management Team takes a look back on 2019, and ...
20 Nov 2019 Freelancers should be paid higher minimum wage, says think tank Contractors and other flexible workers should enjoy a higher minimum wage than those with secure employment, according to new Demos report The Liquidity Trap.
November 2019 Can the new immigration policy improve ESOL education for refugees and asylum seekersEnglish language provision opens doors to new migrants and should be properly resourced Integration is never far from the headlines and often ...
