The promise and pitfalls of One Nation Labour
Ed Miliband's next job is to explain what ‘One Nation’ implies when it comes to the big policy choices, writes Duncan O'Leary.
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A possibly unpopular message
Carl Miller argues that social media analysis must look beyond its marketing roots.
Mother's ruin: mums determine their children's drinking habits
Jonathan Birdwell explains Demos's upcoming research into the relationship between a mother's drinking habits and their child's future behaviour.
BBC1 debates controlling people's benefits spending
BBC One's Sunday Morning Live encourages viewers to share their opinions on Demos's welfare reform polling. (From 2min 40sec)
Should claimants be paid vouchers to stop spending on 'vices'?
BBC News round-up Demos's fringe debate on welfare reform and note the key findings of the polling discussed.
New Labour ideas - but can they win the election?
Duncan O'Leary talks to Channel 4 News about the role think-tanks play in winning elections.
Majority believe state should control how benefits are spent
Demos polling shows substantial public support for government control of benefits spending amongst certain groups.
The NHS needs people to be more responsible
Max Wind-Cowie writes in the Guardian that making bad lifestyle decisions puts the NHS at risk.
Liberal alignments
Richard Reeves discusses his essay A Liberal Inside and positioning on the Today programme (1:14:30)
Twitter will change our response to everything
Carl Miller explains the thinking behind the new Demos initiative, the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM) to politics.co.uk
Government Handling of Relationships with Muslims May be Increasing the Risk of Terrorism
New Demos research finds strong feelings of resentment and alienation from Muslim Communities
Democracy and Development speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Deve
Monday 23rd October 2006, 6pm – 8pm Central Hall, Westminster
Demos Announce New Director
Following the departure of Madeleine Bunting, the think tank Demos has promoted Dr Catherine Fieschi to the post of Acting Director. Having previously been Demos’ Head of Research, Catherine will carry forward Demos’ intellectual agenda in the months a
Madeleine Bunting Resigns as Director of Demos
Madeleine Bunting has decided to resign as Director of Demos. Since it has emerged that her vision for Demos is incompatible with that of the trustees, she has decided to focus on her interests as a writer and a thinker at this point in her career. She wi
Government must give communities a greater role in counter-terrorism
Responding to his speech today on security and freedom, Demos called on the Home Secretary to make real his pledge to allow all sections of society to play a greater role in delivering security.
Demos does 'black sky thinking' on space
New mission will add up economic and social benefits of space and create first long-term strategy for British space programme
EU's expanding borders require joint migration strategy
Pressure from global movement of people will increase while attempts to tighten controls may actually reduce national security
Baby ballots' would increase parental power
Children have become ‘invisible citizens’ whose lives are increasingly controlled by over-protective adults
Local groups may lose trust of community
Community-based organisations can’t tackle social exclusion if they are ‘instruments of government policy’