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We need to make sure that we reach the people that have the power to tackle the root causes of poverty and really help people that are struggling with the issues we care about. We have been proudly working in...
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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 weekly newsletter, Epistemic Security...
Over the past month, CASM have worked with ITV’s Peston on Sunday program to take a look at how UK politics is being discussed on Twitter. As the two EU referendum campaigns gather momentum ahead of the 23rd June, we...
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...
In 2015, Yvette Cooper announced the Reclaim the Internet campaign. This was in response to the abuse, often misogynistic in tone, faced by high-profile women online. However, the ubiquity of social media in society today means that this abuse, or...
This years’ Queen’s Speech included the announcement of a Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill. Last years’ Speech contained the announcement of an Extremism Bill. The differences between the two are slight, meaning this year’s iteration is largely a rebranding of the...
The question of how best to stem the flow of young British Muslims travelling to join Islamic State is often met with a singular answer: establish a counter-narrative. At times, this becomes a call to reaffirm liberalism in its broadest...
The rise of the digital world is changing how people participate in political debate and activism. It can draw people closer to politics, help to inform the debate, and present new avenues for politicians, journalists and citizens to talk to...
Within a few minutes of Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation as Work and Pensions Secretary, the presiding general consensus seemed to be that his exit was more of a Brexit, and his alleged motivation for leaving – concern regarding the scale...
In 1991, Rodney King, a young black man, was brutally beaten by LA police following a high speed car chase, and the video capturing the beating notoriously failed to prevent the acquittal of the officers involved. Fast forward 25 years,...
On Sunday, the Observer published statistics which suggested over 85 per cent of the calls to the Government’s benefits fraud hotline between 2010 and 2015 had no case to answer. At around 890,000 false allegations, that’s nearly 500 per day,...
