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Policing and prisons have been a mainstay of the news cycle for the Labour government, with the Southport riots, early prison releases, and (more recently) neighbourhood policing all making the headlines. While discussions around police and prisons continue to hit...
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The message from the Government is clear: we face a housing crisis, and the solution is to ‘build baby build’. But building alone won’t cut it. Plans to build 1.5 million homes this parliament are laudable, but overlook the 2...
English devolution is undeniably back on the political agenda. The government has previously presented its flagship Levelling Up agenda as a blueprint for a ‘devolution revolution’, with ‘metro mayors’ – elected leaders of combined authority areas – at its heart....
The consequences of vaccine misinformation have been painfully felt in the last two years. Alongside the tragic and avoidable deaths of those who did not get the vaccine, relationships have suffered and trust across society has been damaged. Through a...
Yesterday, in Human Rights Square in Vienna, activists gathered holding a vigil in memory and to call for justice for journalists killed around the world with impunity. This week, global leaders, international institutions and civil society organisations are gathering in...
Last week we celebrated the launch of the Good Web Network at the Demos office: we asked, what is the Good Web, and what role does the UK have in helping to build it? We brought together civil society, industry,...
On Thursday October 20 the government collapsed – again. With Westminster’s focus on the exceptionally short term that day, it was a strange time to launch the Public Services 2030 Network and to discuss the need for long term reform...
Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor have a £40bn funding gap to fill and the Chancellor has said nothing is off the table. But how would the public do the job? What are the public’s priorities? Two years ago, Demos ran...
As conference season draws to a close and with a new prime minister at the helm, the future of levelling up seems to hang in the balance. Described by Boris Johnson as the ‘defining mission’ of his government, Liz Truss...
After a long and anxious summer for those of us working on tech policy, the new DCMS Secretary, Michelle Donelan, announced that the Online Safety Bill would be returning. The future of the bill became uncertain when a combination of...
Through the long leadership election for the new Conservative party leader I’ve noticed a recurring theme: the accusation that voters want unrealistic or simplistic solutions to problems so big that they couldn’t possibly understand. They want to have their cake...
