Carol’s Story: A sense of optimism
The lockdown has created a unique cluster of complications and challenges for all of us in unforeseen ways. Our Renew Normal project explores these pressures...
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Stop the clocks: Should we end seasonal time changes?
While the Brexit clock is ticking for the UK, all across Europe the clocks will go back an hour this weekend. But if EU proposals...
What does a new personalised era of campaigning mean for democracy?
A decade ago, there was one phrase we heard time and again, whether in a focus group, online or on question time – “the politicians...
Regulating the internet is no easy task, but the Online Harms White Paper is a promising first step.
Last week the government published its long-awaited White Paper on Online Harms, proposing that an independent regulator be established to ensure that digital technology companies...
Good Foundations: Why democracies should care about the wiring of the Internet
The design and policing of online spaces bears directly on many of the most important problems faced by democracies today. Many proposed solutions, however, barely...
The edge of violence
The path into terrorism in the name of Islam is often described as a process of radicalisation. But to be radical is not necessarily to...
The Opportunities of Change
The new Government has wasted little time in making it clear that welfare policy will be high on the agenda for 2015, with David Cameron’s...
There’s no Silver Bullet to Prevent Radicalisation
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:...
Government as ‘shop steward’
Last week I posted the first blog in a short series on what a new Department for Economic Reform might look to do and how. Below is the next...
Why do relationships matter for public services?
Relationships are crucial to our social, economic and physical wellbeing. To give two examples: social connections are crucial to finding jobs; loneliness is known to...