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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...
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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...
Cultural institutions are facing an incredibly challenging and uncertain future. Theatres and music venues are unaware of when they’ll be able to raise their curtains, while museums and art galleries are likely to be able to reopen in the coming...
As it looks likely that more children will return to school at the beginning of June, it’s important not to forget the struggle that many families have faced throughout this period. Schoolchildren across the country have had to study at...
During the current crisis, many routine medical appointments have had to be postponed or delayed, as all arms of the NHS focus on providing urgent care. In many cases, this has also included postponing screening appointments, including those made as...
The public conversation around the source of Covid-19 has been laced with worrying undertones. Almost as soon as the global scale of the pandemic became apparent, conspiracies linking the virus to 5G lit up the internet. Phone masts were burned,...
With talk of new antibody tests almost available to use and the search for a vaccine underway, medical research is at the fore of public conversation, with millions across the globe following every development. We know that the way researchers and...
Last Friday was VE day, and we remembered those who bravely fought in Europe for our freedom. While many tributes were to those we lost, it’s important to remember that many of those who served are still with us, as...
During this crisis, the Department for Work and Pensions have had to deal with a sudden and steep rise in requests for welfare payments, needing to adapt rapidly and deliver payments on a scale greater than ever before. However, when this is over...
During the current crisis, there have been questions from all sides around the role the police should be playing in enforcing social distancing measures. With maintaining public trust so crucial to the force’s legitimacy, examples of officers having been too...
Throughout this crisis, companies have been under the spotlight. How they’ve supported staff, how quickly they’ve adapted to guidance, the risks they’ve taken to keep their doors open: individual businesses have each had to navigate difficult decisions under intense scrutiny....
