Defence spending must be shifted from high-tech military hardware to improving the welfare of personnel, a new report demanded today. The report is a timely endorsement of the Sun's Help our Heroes campaign. Think tank Demos said the needs of servic
The Armed Forces are wasting money on hi-tech defence projects instead of much-needed accommodation, training and improved salaries for British troops, a report published today warns. It adds that the military will not be "fit for purpose" in the futur
THE massive expenditure incurred fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan could sound the death knell for the British armed forces leaving troops "not fit for purpose", a report warns today. Senior armed services commanders "obsessed" with both conflicts stand
Britain's armed forces are being let down by a lack of support from the public, a think tank report claims. Low pay and poor accommodation for service personnel are the result of a breakdown in the "contract" between military and civilians, Demos argue
Distorted expenditure and failure to adjust to future threats are setting Britain's armed forces on a "dangerously unsustainable course" at a time of growing turbulence and risk, ministers and military chiefs are warned today. "Stretched budgets remain ti
The Armed Forces are “running on empty”, overstretched by the long-running operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report on the state of the military. “The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have seriously diminished the ability of the Armed
Society has a dysfunctional relationship with its young people, according to a new report that’ll be published next month by the think tank Demos.
When public services have to do more with less and cater to the needs of the communities they serve may be its time to look at participative public services says Niamh Gallagher from Demos as she discusses a new report to be published early next year.
James Wilsdon reviews a new history of alternative medicine by Roberta Bivins
James Wilsdon assesses the prospects for science and innovation across the Islamic world. This will be the theme of a new Demos project to be launched in early 2008.
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.