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The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has today published its report on the BBC’s Royal Charter. Chaired by Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, the Committee makes a bold case for the critical role the BBC plays in our democracy. Responding to...
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The Epistemic Security Network is a new network hosted by Demos. It provides a home for collective efforts to protect democracy by cleaning up and fortifying our information supply chains. As part of the network we share a bi-weekly newsletter, Epistemic Security...
On 22 September 2026, the Prime Minister delivered a speech at the UN General Assembly on mis- and disinformation, in which he announced the creation of a new National Centre for Information Defence. Responding to the speech, Hannah Perry, Director...
Our new Health Secretary, only the third female Labour MP to ever hold the post, published a book in 2019 called She Speaks: The Power of Women’s Voices. This begs the question: how much power will women’s voices be given...
Devolution has huge potential. It has the potential to drive economic growth, empowering local leaders to develop strategies that are right for their local areas and their economies and encouraging the economies of coordination needed to unlock opportunity and tackle...
In his first speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham set out his bold ambition for ‘a new political model and a new economic model’. This is the scale of ambition that is needed to meet the challenges of the moment....
Andy Burnham has promised us the ‘biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen’ through his devolution agenda. But if devolution is to seriously tackle the crisis our democracy faces, it can’t only be about rebalancing power between politicians...
Demos is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Michelle Harrison as Chair of its Board of Trustees. Michelle joins Demos at a pivotal moment as Britain faces a democratic emergency. As trust in politics and institutions sits at record...
There is a growing movement for civic renewal, with broad political support. But one question remains unanswered: how do we fund this work at the scale required? Announcing a landmark programme of research and deliberation to develop a funding settlement...
16.5 million UK adults encountered deepfakes online in the past month Demos calls for action to safeguard democracy Political deepfakes and AI-generated misinformation pose a serious risk to democracy, the cross party think tank Demos today warns, as new evidence...
Text-based AI services such as chatbots and AI-powered search results routinely provided inaccurate information about elections ahead of this month’s polls, according to new evidence from the cross-party think tank Demos. Errors included getting the date of election day wrong,...
