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As part of our mission at Demos to build a collaborative democracy, we are keen to practise what we preach and involve the public in developing our own policy visions. We think this can be particularly powerful on contentious issues...
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This week, the Chancellor delivered a significant Budget – raising public spending by £70 billion, funded by large tax rises and borrowing for investment. Hidden away in the Budget documents was a sneak preview of one of the first major...
The government’s new Voter ID laws risk significantly undermining political participation, according to new polling commissioned by the cross party think tank Demos. The think tank argues that the new laws mean that both voters who are traditionally engaged and...
Earlier this year, Demos launched a new project on the UK’s ‘New Age of Inheritance’. We’ve found that the real value of inheritances transferred annually in the UK has doubled roughly every 20 years since 1979 to over £100bn a...
As industrial action continues to dominate the national conversation, and signs of a creaking state become ever clearer, it’s no surprise that public dissatisfaction with our public services is on the rise. In no area is this more stark –...
Multi-award winning journalist and author James Ball has joined Britain’s leading cross-party think tank Demos as a Fellow. James has worked as the global editor of TBIJ, a special correspondent at BuzzFeed UK and special projects editor at The Guardian,...
With a narrowing of the opinion polls, cracks are again emerging in the Labour Party. One persistent criticism of Keir Starmer’s leadership has re-emerged: he is a leader with no vision for the country. But before we move on too...
The Government’s commitment to acting to support the development of better and more responsible AI technologies is welcome, and a principles-based approach that puts fairness, accountability and transparency at the heart is the right one. But setting out principles alone...
The Chancellor has nailed the importance of tackling economic inactivity – but we need to be bolder about the solutions. Universal Support – a voluntary programme of personalised, tailored help for people with health conditions – is a more effective...
These devolution deals are good – but not a silver bullet. Simply putting more money into the hands of combined authorities will not result in power being shared with ordinary people. People won’t really take back control until power is...
Antisocial behaviour (ASB), and low-level crime, is once again back on the political agenda, with Yvette Cooper’s speech last week kicking off Labour’s ‘crime week’. It’s clear Labour is looking to capitalise on the current crisis in policing and ultimately...
