Democracy goes digital
Politics has always been an arena for disagreement and heated arguments, and this sometimes results in insults directed at elected officials – but over the...
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We need to talk about gambling
If there was ever any doubt, the recent publication of statistics by the Gambling Commission reaffirmed the extent to which gambling, in one way or...
Next Generation UK
In 2016-2017 Demos worked with the British Council to produce Next Generation UK. The report is organised according to three key research themes around which...
Why do we still use cash?
We are using less cash each year. In 2015, cash made up only 45% of payments in the UK. First came plastic, then chip and...
Digital democracy: overview of attempts at online governance
The internet has changed everything. We shop online, work online, and entertain ourselves online; we find jobs and partners online. It’s even changed the way...
GE2017 policy U-turns: part of healthy democracy or a sign of a broken system?
What do school lunches, social care plans, students’ fees, winter fuel payments, pension pots, energy prices, grammar schools and british foxes all have in common?...
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...
Henry Gallagher
Henry is a research intern working in the Social Policy department. Graduating this year with a BSc in Social Policy from the University of Bristol,...
Is informal childcare an untapped resource for Londoners?
The Holiday Childcare Survey 2017, released today by the Family and Childcare Trust, contains few surprises. The bottom line is that parents across the country...
Make space for fabrication and future makers
Much thought is being invested in the question of how the UK can improve its industrial strategy, and how we train young people to design...