Should welfare be a ‘moral mission’?
I was asked today to comment on the unfolding dispute between the Archbishop of Westminster and David Cameron regarding the ‘morality’ of welfare reform. The...
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How confident are we in forecasting the automation of work?
This week, the Office for National Statistics released their first statistics on which occupations they believe are at the highest risk of automation across England....
Damned if you do, damned if you won’t
Astonishing new polling published by YouGov has revealed that 61 per cent of ‘Leave’ voters would be prepared to see the British economy suffer significant...
Open Sourcing the AI Revolution: Framing the debate on open source, artificial intelligence and regulation
The UK government is this week convening an AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, with governments and technology companies from across the globe gathering to...
One Year On
The Paralympics, in addition to being a celebration of disabled sporting prowess, was supposed to be the biggest showcase for disabled arts and culture ever...
Making Democracy Work
This is the first paper in a new series from Polly Mackenzie attempting to make the case for change in how we do politics, and...
The Humble Policy Maker
This paper from Polly Mackenzie, the third in the Making Democracy Work series, looks at what’s wrong with politics and policy making: why the basic...
The urgent question
Why are all women not having regular cervical screening? To the ladies in the audience (and the gents with an imagination), the answer lies in...
Fair Accounting
It’s fair to say there’s been little love lost between the Coalition Government and disabled people as a group – and justifiably so; Demos and...
From Twitter’s misinformation bird hide, we risk not seeing the forest for the trees
Many months of being at home, and the popularity of birdwatching has “soared”. Soon, however, we can also engage in this beloved activity online and...