The Human Handbrake: How Whitehall culture holds back public service reform
Public service reform in the UK stands at a crossroads. There is growing alignment around a new ‘liberated’ model of public services, as outlined in...
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Who Cares? data privacy and AI policy
Data Privacy and AI Policy for Who Cares? A Camden Conversation About Adult Social Care
Beyond the usual suspects
This poster, hastily pasted onto bus stops and walls, appeared in my local area earlier this summer. It immediately caught my eye and I...
Listening must shape policy: what social media can tell us about poverty
We need to make sure that we reach the people that have the power to tackle the root causes of poverty and really help people...
Polls apart? A novel way of understanding financial hardship
In this blog, Billy Huband-Thompson and Jamie Hancock reflect on findings from our latest report in partnership with Insight Infrastructure at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation....
“It’s tough out there”: An online forum listening exercise revealing how people are talking about financial hardship
This latest wave of research from Demos and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation uses online forum conversations to surface insights from people experiencing financial hardship across...
Epistemic Security briefing: Addressing platform design to mitigate online harms
Demos’ response to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee’s report on social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms
A room with a view: remaking the relationship between citizens and the built environment
Look out of your nearest window and what do you see? Wherever you are in the country, whether there are buildings in sight or not,...
Powering Public Service Reform
In 2024, Demos delivered the Future Public Services Taskforce, making the case for a new ‘liberated’ model of public services. The work was enthusiastically received...
Powering Public Service Reform: Making the centre work to liberate people and places
Last month’s Spending Review signalled a notable shift in government priorities. Among its commitments were three core principles for public service reform: integrating services around...