Demos Responds to the Government’s Child Poverty Measures
Demos welcomes a review of the definitions of child poverty, as we recognise that the old measure, based on 60% of median…
Posted by Events on July 3rd, 2015Free School Meals Kids Miss out on Character-Building Extra-Curricular Activities
- New Demos report with exclusive polling finds students on Free Schools Meals (FSM) are less likely than their non-FSM peers…
Posted by Events on June 29th, 2015
Reform Ofsted to Assess Students’ Character on par with Grades
New report calls for the new Government to formally embed character education in England’s school curriculum and reform Ofsted to capture students’…
Posted by Events on June 4th, 2015Demos Responds to the Government’s Education Bill
Ralph Scott, Senior Researcher at Demos, responds to the Education Bill announced in the 2015 Queen’s Speech:
Since 2010, the Government has…
Posted by Events on May 28th, 2015Demos Responds to the Government’s Extremism Bill
While few would disagree that extremism should be confronted, we must remember that it is a feature of democracy, not a flaw,…
Posted by Events on May 27th, 2015Integration Hub Reveals Mixed Fortunes of Britain’s Minorities
Cutting-edge new Demos Integration Hub maps the changing face of Britain’s diversity, revealing a mixed picture in the integration and upward…
Posted by Events on May 21st, 2015The Forward March of Labour
Tristram Hunt MP’s Speech to Demos on Wednesday 20 May 2015
It is, as ever, a great pleasure to be here at…
Posted by Events on May 20th, 2015Education Six Times More Important than Immigration for Young Voters
– First stats from 120,000 users of Verto voter choice app reveals key Election youth priorities 18-24 year olds mainly concerned with…
Posted by Events on April 30th, 2015Out of Step: Twitter Bucks Opinion Polls on Immigration
A new study from Demos’ Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM) reveals that Twitter conversations about immigration contrast enormously with…
Posted by Events on April 9th, 2015Voter Advice Tool Aims to Boost Youth Turn-Out and Engagement
Ahead of the 2015 Election, cross-party think tank Demos and youth democracy movement Bite the Ballot today launch Verto – a voter…
Posted by Events on April 1st, 2015Demos: Two-thirds of parents who back apprenticeships say ‘not for my child’
- Exclusive polling for the Demos Commission on Apprenticeships reveals persistence of negative stereotypes about apprenticeships amongst parents and lack of…
Posted by Events on March 5th, 2015
Demos: Replace half of food banks with sustainable solutions to food poverty
– Think-tank calls for Government-backed community supermarkets fund to better support the 6 in 10 current food bank users who experience ‘chronic…
Posted by Events on February 10th, 2015Demos: Counter-terrorism strategy is ‘costing charities millions’
– New report reveals challenges NGOs face in securing and transferring funds due to the counter-terrorism regulation fears of banks – Calls…
Posted by Events on December 31st, 2014Demos: Young voters concerned more about online privacy than immigration or the EU
– Polling reveals 18 to 25-year-olds would vote for housing and employment policies rather than measures to curb immigration or tax avoidance….
Posted by Events on December 29th, 2014Politicians call for ‘Help to Move’ package to help older people downsize
– APPG inquiry calls for support package to help older people move home – Measures include stamp duty exemption & ‘Help…
Posted by Events on November 14th, 2014Demos: Migrant health access fears put vulnerable people at risk
– One in six vulnerable UK migrants avoid seeing GP or seeking medical advice for fear of immigration control consequences – Demos…
Posted by Events on October 19th, 2014Give self-employed the freedom to access their pensions
– Think-tank report proposed range of measures to support the 1 in 7 who are currently self-employed
– Less than one in…
Posted by Events on September 1st, 2014Push NHS to build more residential care, says former care minister
– Paul Burstow MP to give speech announcing findings of year-long Demos Commission on Residential Care – ‘Planning revolution’ would…
Posted by Events on September 2nd, 2014Demos: Male celebrities receive more abuse on Twitter than women
– Analysis of 2 million tweets exposes gender breakdown of online abuse as Demos publish report into how social media research can…
Posted by Events on August 24th, 2014Demos: 700,000 ‘left voiceless’ by lack of national ESOL strategy
– Government’s ‘short-term view’ and lack of clear targets preventing migrants from unlocking full potential, and stifling economic and integration benefits –…
Posted by Events on August 18th, 2014