The numbers game
Should we believe predictions of 40,000 job losses in the City, or has this figure simply been plucked out of the ether?
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I found an undiscovered country
Sarfraz Mansoor describes his journey around Scotland and reflects on Britain, Britishness and the recent Demos pamphlet A More United Kingdom.
Means Untested
Richard Reeves argues that while the Conservatives claim progressive goals, they do not yet know how to achieve them.
Trust in local government can and must prevail
Simon Parker, author of the pamphlet State of Trust, discusses the importance of trust between councils and the public.
Are party conferences still relevant?
Peter Harrington debates with Jill Kirby about the purpose of political party conferences.
Social liberals should join Labour
Richard Reeves argues that Centre-left Liberal Democrats who worry about inequalities and the corrosive impact of free markets are in the wrong party.
The David Miliband interview
In an interview with Richard Reeves, Dominic Lawson, Robert Cooper, Kishwer Falkner and David Goodhart, the foreign secretary explains why he remains a liberal interventionist abroad, and a radical decentraliser at home.
Celebrate British Day 'by drinking and watching television'
Drinking alcohol and watching television would be suitable ways of celebrating a new British bank holiday, according to a Labour minister.
The Rise of a Natural Knowledge Economy in Brazil
In 2007, the British think thank Demos conducted the The Atlas of Ideas initiative, a research program that analyzed the new geography of science and innovation and attempted to map the countries that are innovating and predict the innovation centers of t
Celebrate new national holiday with 'typically British' pursuit of drinking, says minister
Gordon Brown's planned new Britain Day should be celebrated 'through drinking', a minister said today.
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’