Lockdown has been a financial challenge for many of us, but the self-employed have often been particularly hard hit. Jane…
Posted by Events on July 3rd, 2020“We are a poor family living in a flat with no technology or space to work. There is no way…
Posted by Events on July 3rd, 2020Over the past few months, we’ve been sharing highlights from Demos’ archives going all the way back to the early 1990s. They’ve…
Posted by Events on June 30th, 2020The decision to merge the FCO with DfID, and civil service chief Sir Mark Sedwill’s resignation are supposedly part of a wider…
Posted by Events on June 29th, 2020The Black Lives Matter movement has reignited the long running issue of whether those who lead us are representative of the population….
Posted by Events on June 26th, 2020Families around the UK have been adapting to lockdown and changing their daily routines. Many parents with children that have…
Posted by Events on June 26th, 2020Today, people across the UK have been forced offline, as Virgin Media customers have been hit with their third internet outage. Reactions…
Posted by Events on June 25th, 2020The Black Lives Matter movement continues to organise protests around the world to try and end racial discrimination against the black community,…
Posted by Events on June 24th, 2020It’s official. After months without being able to go for a pint at the local with friends, the Prime Minister has announced…
Posted by Events on June 23rd, 2020The economic impact of lockdown is by no means going to be felt the same by anyone. We have to…
Posted by Events on June 23rd, 2020After the 2008 financial crisis, many argued the existing operational formula of large firms was dated – with the ‘shareholder value’ and…
Posted by Events on June 22nd, 2020Much has been made of the return of the Premier League this week, and of the return of sports-based betting. With the…
Posted by Events on June 19th, 2020After the financial crisis in 2008, the role of banks in our economic recovery was often widely discussed, with many doubting their…
Posted by Events on June 18th, 2020Within the first three days of the lockdown, a leaflet from local volunteers had come through the door, offering to…
Posted by Events on June 19th, 2020George Floyd’s death at the hand of the Minneapolis police has sparked large protests around the world, targeting police brutality and systemic…
Posted by Events on June 17th, 2020Millions of employees were thrust into an extremely financially precarious position by the lockdown, and companies faced having to lay off much…
Posted by Events on June 16th, 2020The current health crisis has in many ways seen Britain form a united front: working to tackle our neighbourhood struggles together, a…
Posted by Events on June 15th, 2020The Government has set up a free online learning platform for furloughed workers to learn…
Posted by Events on June 12th, 2020Allegations of a Cabinet minister’s intervention in the planning process has been causing waves throughout Westminster this week. While details of the…
Posted by Events on June 11th, 2020The lockdown is perhaps the most important thing we can be doing to stop the spread of Covid 19, but it’s brought…
Posted by Events on June 12th, 2020