Targeting hardship: How MPs can use social media listening to inform policy
This article has been written by Aleks Collingwood, Partnership Insight Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and is the second in a series explaining how...
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How people talk about poverty and hardship online: A social media listening exploration
In summer 2023, Demos and Joseph Rowntree Foundation collaborated to investigate: What can we learn from social media about people’s experiences of poverty and hardship...
Unmasking hardship: Using social media listening to understand poverty
This article has been written by Aleks Collingwood, Partnership Insight Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and is the first in a series explaining how...
Can collective imagination spark a public services revolution?
It has been argued that we are facing a deficit of social imagination: the ability to imagine a better society a generation or more into...
Sowing Resilience: Unlocking the potential for regenerative farming
As prices rise rapidly, the British food system is under immense pressure – and this could get worse due to global warming and environmental harms....
Martha’s Rule – explained
Demos has published a report supporting calls for the NHS to bring in Martha’s Rule, giving patients and their families more power to get a...
Martha’s Rule: A new policy to amplify patient voice and improve safety in hospitals
Martha Mills died aged 13 in the summer of 2021 after sustaining a pancreatic injury from an everyday bike accident while on holiday with her...
More than devolution alone is needed to join up local services
In recent years, devolution in England has become a cross-party political agenda. The government has concluded ‘trailblazer’ devolution deals with the Greater Manchester and West...
A Tapestry of Services: Employment, skills and careers support in East Birmingham and North Solihull
Amidst a workforce crisis, with 2.5m off work due to long-term ill health, this report, in collaboration with Birmingham City Council, has sought to understand...
Politicians no longer need to be afraid of talking about inheritance
If you ask a politician about reforming inheritance tax, they generally wince, and may then leave abruptly. They know the conventional wisdom says that, unless...