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Businesses can do more to promote older people's social participation
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For disabled people, cuts to welfare will have a deep and lasting impact...
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It's not more education that children need, it's better character...
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Parents are the principal architects of a fairer society…
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The open society cannot be relied upon to defend itself...
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Power should remain local unless there is a compelling case for it to be centralised...
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Young people who lack digital fluency are at risk of falling prey to misinformation...
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The current legal status of assisted dying is inadequate and incoherent...
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First class public services require first class public servants
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It is those who do not go to university that need the greatest protection in the labour market...
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Internet activism is becoming the norm for a younger, digital generation...
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The rise of populism in Europe can be traced through online behaviour...
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Serving your community should be woven into every stage of life
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Being British is more about doing your bit than things like Buckingham Palace...
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Educational disengagement starts in primary school...
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For progressive conservatives, the problem is not too much ownership but that there's not enough...
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Discussions about 'devolving' power approach the question from the wrong direction...
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It is important that young British Muslims are free to be radical and dissenting...
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To deliver the best for looked after children, the state must be a confident parent...
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Powerful ideas.
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We have spent 20 years at the centre of the policy debate, with an overarching mission to bring politics closer to people.
Inequalities at end of life
Death comes to us all, but too many don't have a say over the care and support they receive at the end of life.
Our latest report finds marked inequalities between different diagnoses, ethnicities and areas, and concludes with a call for a level playing field in end of life care.
Read the report. Read the blog.
Twenty years of ideas
As Demos celebrates its twentieth birthday, it continues to explore some of the most persistent frictions in modern politics.
Our current research programmes range from welfare and citizenship, to good business and integration.
Find out more about our current projects.
The pressures of progress
Demos is marking its twentieth birthday with a series of lectures looking at some of the biggest challenges facing society over the next 20 years.
Michael Ignatieff delivered a lecture on the troubles of progressive politics and how progressives can engage the demos, build coalitions and lead.
Listen to the event. Watch the video.
Something for something
In a pivotal speech Ed Miliband confirmed the Labour Party would aim to restore a contributory principle to welfare.
Demos's new paper offers a fully costed proposal to achieve this through a higher rate of contribution-based JSA to tackle the perceived 'nothing for something' culture.
Read the paper. Read the blog.
Don't be evil
The Prism scandal has reignited the debate on internet privacy and surveillance.
Our 2012 report #Intelligence investigated the ethics and legality of social media intelligence, recommending that any use should be publicly argued.
Read the report and the blog.
Building community
Britain's ageing population face a tough choice: struggle to live independently or move into care homes and retirement communities.
Jo Salter investigates two forms of 'sociable' housing and asks if they can combine older people's dual needs of practical support and social opportunities.
Read the article.
A toxic system
Our latest report takes aim at the school accountability system of Ofsted and exam league tables, arguing that it has proved toxic for all involved.
It advocates instead for a new 'multi-perspective' inspection regime, which includes the views of pupils, parents, teachers and school leaders.
Read the report. Read the press release.
Living together
Demos has released fresh analysis of recent Census data as part of its project looking at the extent of ethnic and cultural integration in Britain.
The figures reveal that almost half of ethnic minorities in England and Wales now live in areas where white British people are in a minority.
Read the analysis and the press release.
Understanding poverty
Read Poverty in Perspective, our landmark report that introduces a pioneering model for measuring poverty.
You can also view interactive infographics of our child poverty types on the stand-alone Poverty in Perspective website.
Read the report and the blog. Explore the infographic website.
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Known unknowns
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The race for soft power
John Holden explains why cultural diplomacy is increasingly about people, not states.
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