Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to outline the first major overhaul of Britain's national security plans since the end of the Cold War, aiming to protect Britain from emerging threats including extreme weather, pandemic diseases, unstable energy suppli
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has unveiled the first details of the timetable for introducing the national identity card. Foreign nationals will be required to give their biometric details from this year, and from next year the scheme will extend to Brit
The home secretary was accused of backtracking today as she unveiled a revised timetable for the introduction of national identity cards. Jacqui Smith said identity cards for UK citizens working in sensitive locations would be introduced from 2010 – mo
James Wilsdon reviews three new books on death and aging.
The Post Office's campaign follows the publication of a report from think tank Demos, which cites digital exclusion from technology such as the Internet as a major social problem, particularly among the over-50s.
Richard Mottram, who retired in November as Brown's chief adviser on intelligence and security, also recently warned that Britain has focused too tightly on terrorism. Delivering a lecture in December, Mottram said risks of a global flu pandemic, the i
An article by Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library quoting recent Demos work proposing that culture might be repositioned as a driver, rather than a passenger, in the creative economy. He added that this relationship is most significant
In a speech to the Demos think-tank, Mr Grayling said: "In too many places, in too many communities, we have a Jeremy Kyle generation of young men reaching adult life ill-equipped for it.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Chris Grayling identifies a generation of irresponsible, alienated and socially inadequate young men.
Will Higham draws some lessons for Britain from a new book on Bill Clinton
A new report by think-tank Demos proposes a fundamental shake-up of how schools and pupils are assessed in order to rescue an education system obsessed with targets and league tables.
Analysis of the Census by the think-tank Demos reveals that almost half of ethnic minority residents in England and Wales now live in areas where white British people are in a minority.
UK workers are risking their own financial security by failing to protect themselves adequately, in case they are forced to leave work by illness or injury, according to new research by the think-tank Demos.
Demos analysis reveals the full impact of the Government's changes to the welfare system on disabled people.
Police constabularies should install dedicated heads of social media to tackle crime and ensure responsible collection of online intelligence data, according to Demos’s Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM).
People who make healthier life choices should be prioritised for non-emergency hospital appointments, according to an independent think-tank.
White British people feel significantly more disenfranchised by modern politics than minority groups, according to an analysis of a major government survey of community life in Britain by the think-tank Demos.
A pioneering survey of Beppe Grillo’s populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) reveals astonishing levels of distrust in politics, business and the media among its online supporters.
Demos analysis reveals an extra 120,000 elderly people a year will receive no relief on their social care costs if the government forego Dilnot recommendations and adopt a £75k cap
New report shows how prepaid cards could offer financial inclusion to Britain’s 2 million unbanked and nurture a generation of savers.