Governments have largely withdrawn from management of the economy and from regulation of corporate behaviour. Instead, they try to manage society and to regulate personal behaviour. As Duncan O'Leary puts it in the introduction to a Demos report published
The thinktank Demos this week launched UK Confidential, a collection of essays about privacy. It's beyond huge, this issue - it spans every technological advance that's ever happened, every element of government, every cultural trend: so many things make
The annual report from the Serious Organised Crime Agency, published yesterday, is a mix of self-congratulation and spectacular underachievement. While the rhetoric from politicians has been to get tough on organised crime, the reality is more humbling: w
Like terrorism itself, fighting terrorism is a creature of fashion. The latest on the catwalk is ‘countering extremism'. It is yielding negligible dividends. In some respects it is even counter-productive. It proposes cures for the flimsy rationale for
The Government should create ‘Wikirecords’ - online, accessible medical records which patients can contribute to and comment on – according to a new report from think tank Demos.
Ben Bradshaw invokes the views of the public to justify extending GP access. Telling us what we want and providing it is the oldest trick in the book. When asked what we want, we of course say that we want to be able to see whoever, whenever. But governme
The conversation between GPs and patients is under enormous pressure, and must be rethought for a less deferential age in which patients have access to vast amounts of medical information, a report launched by Demos today will argue.
The era of “doctor knows best” is over, a new report argues, and the GP–patient relationship must now be geared towards greater patient involvement. The report – by thinktank Demos – argues that the GP–patient relationship must be “rethought for a less
Assuming – as do Government ‘Think Tank’ Demos and Sir David Omand, former security and intelligence co-ordinator at the Cabinet Office – that we’re agreed on the requirement for a suitable National Security Strategy, what should it aim to accomplish?
Les deux anciens amis du PS, Eric Besson (devenu ministre d'ouverture) et Pierre Moscovici , se sont retrouvés hier à Londres pour dresser le bilan d'un an de présidence de Sarkozy... Bien sûr, ils ne sont pas tombés d'accord. «SIR » Eric Besson contre
School assessment system is under pressure to turn students into exam scores for university admissions, says new think tank report.
UK government migration proposals must be backed by support and loans for new arrivals to Europe, according to new report
New libraries agency should step in to create a national network of ‘hub’ services, says key government advisor
Ethnic diversity and gay people are key indicators of cities’ creative potential, according to new UK creativity index
Our cultural assets will be damaged unless major arts institutions successfully argue for their intrinsic worth
...but users need to see the trade-off between privacy and delivery of location-based services, says new report
Teachers should embrace the 'hacker ethic' and share thier knowledge of what works, says leading education reformer
Ageing baby boomer generation could become force for social progress or a lobby for their own interests, says think tank report
Online interaction could improve democratic participation, say leading American cyberculture writer and UK e-government minister
The public sector could deliver better services and improve political participation using wireless technology