Playgrounds of the future
Traditional play is disappearing and so are children from public spaces, says a new report. Kids are now told where, when and how they can play and it isn't working for anyone. The solution?
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UK public areas 'actively antisocial to children'
Young people should be able to ring a hotline to report adults who are threatening their right to play outside, according to a report today warning that young people are being increasingly excluded from public spaces. A study by the thinktank Demos fin
Seen and Heard
Discussion of Demos' report Seen and Heard.
Efficiency and Local Government
If we want the public sector to be as slick and efficient as the private, we must accept that its top executives should be rewarded accordingly
Wage War
If we want the public sector to be as slick and efficient as the private, we must accept that its top executives should be rewarded accordingly
The battle over forces spending
The UKNDA's launch comes after the establishment last year of the British Armed Forces Federation, a staff association set up amid growing discontent among the rank and file. It also follows a report by the think tank Demos on Monday, which warned that
Report calls for urgent increase in spending on military
Britain's defence spending has not matched the Labour government's military ambitions, seriously compromising the ability of the armed forces to meet future threats, a left-leaning think-tank argues in a report out today. The report, from Demos, argues
Inhabiting places: User values in the built environment
Transforming our community spaces especially in our cities require radical thinking and the ability to drive changes among strong opposition from vested interests
Italy's immigration tipping point
taly is the latest European country to be forced to deal with immigration - but so far its response seems panicky and inadequate.
We sent them. We must treat them right
Its argument has two parts: one (Demos being a leftish think-tank) argues for restructuring because response to “21st-century challenges” is hampered by “tradition and hierarchy”. Personally, I reckon that if a bit of tradition keeps the poor sods' morale
Demos calls for voting age to be lowered
Demos wants British 16 year-olds to be able to vote.
Conspiracy of silence on parental failure
The think tank Demos calls for an end to the “conspiracy of silence” on poor parenting today.
‘Character’ is the key to social mobility
‘Tough love’ parents who combine warmth and discipline are better at building good character capabilities in their children, finds a major new report from the think tank Demos.
Illegal downloaders are one of music industry’s biggest customers
People who use peer-to-peer filesharing websites to illegally download music spend over £30 more on music per year than those who do not find a new poll comm
Tories must pass progressive test
Demos publishes '12 Tests for 2012' for a Conservative government
Front line 'crippled' by lack of trust
Mistrust in front line staff is harming public services, says report
Employee ownership could tame "speculative excesses", says Demos
Britain's economy would be more resistant to crisis if more firms were employee-owned, co-operative or mutualised, according to a new Demos report.
George Osborne: Progressive reform in an age of austerity
On 11 August 2009, Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne delivered a speech on progressive politics to an audience at Demos.
New Project to make Left idealistic, open and radical again
Demos launches a new project, led by James Purnell, saying the political Left needs to rediscover its idealism, pluralism and appetite for radical ideas.
Report calls for capital not cash for welfare claimants
New Demos research outlines a progressive conservative roadmap to ‘recapitalise the poor’