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Imagine, for a moment, the scene had the markets – and even the 10pm polls – been correct, and the United Kingdom this morning has woken with a 52-48 vote to remain in the European Union. The faces on the...

In 2011, Demos warned that personal budgets are a vehicle for personalisation – one of many – and not an end in themselves. We warned that the Government’s narrow focus on personal budgets as a proxy for personalised services could...

Sunday trading – set to feature in today’s Budget – is one of those political issues that can leave you between a rock and a hard place. There are bad, paternalistic reasons to want to restrict it. One of these...

Today’s manifesto launches from UKIP and the Liberal Democrats means all the main parties’ wares are finally on display. But as the dust begins to settle on these documents, after so much fanfare, it is worth pausing to reflect on...

Yesterday’s big launch went well, with 1.6 million viewers excitedly tuning in to watch on television. But enough about Game of Thrones – this is manifesto week. Today saw the Conservatives take their turn, following Labour’s safety-first effort yesterday. As expected, there...

Much has been made of the similarity in language between Labour’s Manifesto today and Hilary Clinton’s campaign launch last night – but there is good a dose of Bill in there too. America’s 42nd president used to talk of being ‘in the future business’; Ed...

Demos has always been interested in power. And not just in the conventional way that almost everyone is interested in power – we’ve investigated how power works, looked for ways of more equally distributing power throughout society and promoted giving...