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Last week’s Gorton and Denton by-election produced a result that commentators have rightly called seismic. The Greens won with 40.7% of the vote –their first ever by-election victory – while Reform came second with 28.7%. Labour, which held this seat...
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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...
We are using less cash each year. In 2015, cash made up only 45% of payments in the UK. First came plastic, then chip and pin, and then contactless technology, which is slowly turning our wallets, phones, rings and even...
The internet has changed everything. We shop online, work online, and entertain ourselves online; we find jobs and partners online. It’s even changed the way we interact with our political leaders – you only have to check Twitter at around...
What do school lunches, social care plans, students’ fees, winter fuel payments, pension pots, energy prices, grammar schools and british foxes all have in common? These are all subjects of the recent string of government U-turns which have been piling...
Astonishing new polling published by YouGov has revealed that 61 per cent of ‘Leave’ voters would be prepared to see the British economy suffer significant economic damage in order to ensue that the UK leaves the European Union. Even more...
The Holiday Childcare Survey 2017, released today by the Family and Childcare Trust, contains few surprises. The bottom line is that parents across the country are facing exorbitant holiday club costs for their school-aged children this summer. The average weekly...
Much thought is being invested in the question of how the UK can improve its industrial strategy, and how we train young people to design and make things. Many people agree this is essential for a resilient economy and reinstating...
Today saw the release of the second estimate for GDP and revised figures for business investment in the first quarter of 2017. They show that growth slowed sharply in the first quarter of the year, and that on a per...
The surprise election result has produced a lot of early responses, which offer avenues for more detailed research. Amongst these have been suggestions that Labour activist groups made effective use of social media campaigning. Research conducted into the party’s support...
Demos has a long-standing interest in the social and financial impact of disability and health conditions. People living with serious health conditions can face a significant financial burden, a large part of which is the extra costs resulting from looking...
