Consider for a moment the multitude of forces affecting the UK; from terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, immigration, pandemics and climate change to the impact of fragile states on the global community and the growth of organised
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“Elites have a lot of leverage but less than they used to,” says Peter Leyden, director of the New Politics Institute in San Francisco. “More people are getting their voices heard.” Mr. Leyden sees an emergent American “republic of innovation,” where grow
“Over the past 10 years the government’s investment and reform have delivered massive improvements in our public services. Waiting lists have shortened, crime figures have fallen, and the performances of local authorities have vastly improved. But the pub
Last week a phrase dropped from the lips of a Brownite minister that we have not heard for a long while: "public service ethic".
The difficulties faced by 2ºC are raised in a report by NESTA, the publicly-funded body that champions innovation, to show how some green technologies are strugggling to get off the ground.
Another change is the creation of a new national-security committee, chaired by the prime minister, which will replace three separate cabinet committees covering aspects of the matter. This approach is an improvement, if a recipe for epic squabbling, says
Acknowledging a rising trend of radicalism, Muslim leaders and imams will huddle together on Saturday, July 7, to discuss practical ways to fight extremism and help authorities in their mission.
“I don’t see the threat diminishing,” says Kroll’s Bob Grenier, who served 27 years with the CIA before moving to the private sector.
Demos wants British 16 year-olds to be able to vote.
The think tank Demos calls for an end to the “conspiracy of silence” on poor parenting today.
‘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.
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
Demos publishes '12 Tests for 2012' for a Conservative government
Mistrust in front line staff is harming public services, says report
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.
On 11 August 2009, Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne delivered a speech on progressive politics to an audience at Demos.
Demos launches a new project, led by James Purnell, saying the political Left needs to rediscover its idealism, pluralism and appetite for radical ideas.
New Demos research outlines a progressive conservative roadmap to ‘recapitalise the poor’