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Drugs firm to refund cost if treatment fails
Jack Stilgoe comments on a drug for bone cancer which is to be provided by the NHS after its manufacturer promised to refund the cost of treatment in cases where it does not improve a patient's health.
Collaboration is the key to better services
Labour has been good at creating consensus around goals, but its great failure has been a lack of agreement about how to reach them.
Mind the gap
Despite thirty years of legislation disadvantaged young women are yet to reap the rewards of gender equality in the workplace.
National spotlight on Cumbrian scheme to put people with learning disabilities in control
Researchers from the think-tank Demos are in Carlisle today to meet with some of the 250 service users from across Cumbria who have been using the In Control scheme to manage their own care and support services.
A future Glasgow built on the people’s imagination
Glasgow 2020 was a two-year project facilitated by the think-tank Demos which aimed to look at three things: Glasgow's future, cities generally and how we imagine the future. The aim was not to have an insular Glasgow conversation, but talk and swap ideas
50 ideas for Brown's Britain
Five leading think tanks of the left suggest ten-point plans for the Brown premiership
Can we really soup up our city with acronyms, jargon and gobbledygook? Probably not
HOW GALLING it was for Glasgow's civic leaderstospendperfectlygood council taxpayers' money on a report about the future of the city and last week be told conclusions they do not want to hear
Glasgow is not short of ‘mass imagination’
Glasgow is not short of ‘mass imagination’
Tongue-tied
Britain is becoming increasingly complacent about its mother tongue, claims a new report from the thinktank Demos. As You Like It, by Samuel Jones and Peter Bradwell, argues that Britain cannot continue to rely on the cultural and economic benefit of hav
Low-carbon economy needs new regulatory approach
Ofgem should make ‘public value’ main goal rather than focusing on post-privatisation issues of price and efficiency, says new Demos report
Newcastle-Gateshead seeing new ‘brain gain’
People leaving London for north-east as Tyneside companies tempt recruits with better quality of life, according to new regeneration report
Localism alone won’t reform public services
Public sector must be adaptable enough to meet individual needs of users, rather than simply offering a choice of service providers.
Sweden beats US as most ‘creative’ nation
Restrictions on biotechnology research and ‘unwelcoming’ immigration policies are reducing U.S. competitiveness
Digital TV will ‘undermine licence fee’
Government should address long-term future for publicly funded television during current BBC charter review, says senior advisor
British public fears new US space race
Poll shows strong support for UK science projects such as Beagle but people are concerned about Bush’s military space strategy
Personalisation will transform public sector
Government’s promise of personalised services will increase public expectations and create wave of demand-led reform, says new Demos report.
Professional women take on old boy’s network
Networked feminists ‘have it all’ through personal careers and collective action to tackle workplace inequality, says new report
New partnerships needed to fight disablism
Legislation alone will not stamp out discrimination unless public attitudes towards disabled people also change, says new report
Children should be ‘entitled to school trips’
Regular ‘school safaris’ would help children overcome fears about local environment and connect them to wider ‘green’ issues, says new report