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“Streamlining the planning process is a bit like trying to streamline democracy…” This line from Labour backbench MP Paul Truswell, spoken in a late night Commons debate almost 20 years ago, has a certain ring doesn’t it? As someone interested...
Over the past few months, we’ve been sharing highlights from Demos’ archives going all the way back to the early 1990s. They’ve addressed issues as diverse as retirement housing and online gambling to Britain’s positioning on the world stage and...
The decision to merge the FCO with DfID, and civil service chief Sir Mark Sedwill’s resignation are supposedly part of a wider shake up No.10 has in store for the civil service and the way it works. Over the years,...
Families around the UK have been adapting to lockdown and changing their daily routines. Many parents with children that have special needs have been worried about the effects on their child’s education and health. Jennifer was one of them. She...
The Black Lives Matter movement has reignited the long running issue of whether those who lead us are representative of the population. Currently there are no black cabinet ministers, 65% of the cabinet were educated privately compared to 7% of...
Today, people across the UK have been forced offline, as Virgin Media customers have been hit with their third internet outage. Reactions of horror followed on the news and social media, and the extent of reliance we have on the...
The Black Lives Matter movement continues to organise protests around the world to try and end racial discrimination against the black community, often reaching people online through social media. However, social media has also been where many of the hate...
It’s official. After months without being able to go for a pint at the local with friends, the Prime Minister has announced that pubs will finally be re-opening at the beginning of July. Pubs are an integral part of communal...
After the 2008 financial crisis, many argued the existing operational formula of large firms was dated – with the ‘shareholder value’ and business structures having, in many cases, been proved to fail. For some, the aftermath of the crisis should...
Within the first three days of the lockdown, a leaflet from local volunteers had come through the door, offering to help with shopping, prescriptions, or simply a friendly phone call. By the fourth day, “the entire scheme was up and...
