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Resilient places

Towns, cities and landscapes are haunted by the ghosts of networks past. Disused railways, old routeways and quiet canals remain leftovers from the industry and commerce of yesteryear....

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Trust in practice

Politicians of all political parties are committed to devolving power to local government. This will require improving public trust in politics and politicians. The success...

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Amelia Stewart

Amelia is a former Demos employee. Before joining Demos, Amelia was Research Associate at the Adam Smith Institute, where she often wrote about feminist issues...

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The Age of the Social Entrepreneur

Writing 20 years ago at Demos, Charles Leadbeater introduced to the mainstream the then-fringe idea of combining business and charitable aims to address social challenges....

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Mediating Populism

A new report from Demos explores the challenges faced by traditional media organisations in responding to the new landscape of the ‘populist moment’. Through a...

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Leo Ewbank

Leo is a Researcher working on the Public Services and Welfare programme. His policy interests include health and care, education and working-age welfare. Prior to...

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Budget 2014: taxing debates

Conservative MP Nick de Bois is half right. He’s right that the ‘squeezed middle’ is further squeezed by income tax thresholds that have not kept...

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Andrew Phillips

Andrew is a Researcher at Demos, working on a range of topics including climate change and public services. His interests include citizen engagement, democratic innovation...

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Redefining Developmental Success

In 2016-17, Big Change and the think-tank Demos are working together to investigate this question and its implications for education and youth policy. The project...

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Rate of Return

Today Demos launches a new paper looking at the depreciation of the pound following Brexit.  The consensus view is that this post-Brexit flash crash has...