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When the going gets tough

It is becoming clear that the run up to the general election will increasingly turn into a game of one-upmanship. With each populist pledge the...

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Behind the numbers

Stories of online abuse abound in the media. Often the focus is on the abuse of women and it is widely assumed that they bear...

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Irrational Optimists

Since the economic downturn, the vast majority of Britons have been facing a cost of living crisis. This report looks at how the UK’s middle...

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Measuring social value

Ensuring value for money in public service delivery is now a more pressing policy concern than ever before. Measures of social value, which take into...

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Open economics

A review of the settlement between economics and politics is long overdue. Following the financial crisis, economists are no longer treated with reverence: economics is...

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#Intelligence

The growth of social media poses a dilemma for security and law enforcement agencies. On the one hand, social media could provide a new form...

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The Home Cure

The Coalition Government has staked a major part of its social agenda on greater integration between health and social care. Despite unprecedented budget cuts, reablement...

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The Nowhere Office

By Julia Hobsbawm The first report from the Chair of the Demos Workshift Commission, Julia Hobsbawm, says that lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic should...