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.
London Deputy Mayor welcomes debate over future of planning profession
New research programme launched to look at solving ‘skills paradox’
Innovation hotspots set to leave Britain out in the cold
Wednesday 20 December 2006, 6pm Demos, Magdalen House
Dr Catherine Fieschi has this week been appointed Director of the think tank Demos, warning that British politics faces a growing crisis of democratic legitimacy. Under Dr Fieschi’s leadership Demos will explore the shifting sands of political engagement,
Politicians should stop relying just on scientists and start trusting the public