The Demos team and its work features regularly in the press on the key issues of the day. Read our statements and articles by our team here.
For many people, the lockdown and other restrictions have meant a slower pace of life and a renewed appreciation for small pleasures and our local surroundings. Lesley, who lives in the East Midlands with her husband, has found that the...
Before Covid-19 Britain faced a productivity puzzle and climate crisis. These challenges will remain after our current crisis; addressing them will require economic upheaval that will only be fair or possible if workers are properly supported through them. This demands...
We’ve all felt restricted by lockdown and are itching to get back some of our freedom. But for many, the new world is still rife with anxiety. Angela is retired, and lives in London with her husband who is medically...
Old and young people, migrants and students are too often invisible to lenders, making them more vulnerable in the Covid-19 economy. Demos’ annual Good Credit Index explores access to affordable credit around the country. Credit is a part of daily...
“Covid strips everything back.” For Rachel, lockdown has given her the time and space to think through what matters to her. Not having to commute is now her priority, over and above the financial security of maternity pay. One month...
Lockdown has been a financial challenge for many of us, but the self-employed have often been particularly hard hit. Jane is one of them: a self-employed music tutor and single mother of a daughter with a serious mental health condition....
“We are a poor family living in a flat with no technology or space to work. There is no way I can get the children to do the work.” Male in his 40s, living in Scotland, Demos’ Renew Normal survey...
Over the past few months, we’ve been sharing highlights from Demos’ archives going all the way back to the early 1990s. They’ve addressed issues as diverse as retirement housing and online gambling to Britain’s positioning on the world stage and...
The decision to merge the FCO with DfID, and civil service chief Sir Mark Sedwill’s resignation are supposedly part of a wider shake up No.10 has in store for the civil service and the way it works. Over the years,...
