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
Five leading think tanks of the left suggest ten-point plans for the Brown premiership
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’
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
There's only one team in Glasgow/One team in Glasgow/One team in Gla-a-a-sgow/There's only one team in Gla-a-a-sgow. Fellow foot soldiers in Partick Thistle's red and yellow army will readily recognise this somewhat monotonous ditty that rings out from th
Ordinary Glaswegians have an unease' about the way the city is promoting itself, a groundbreaking report says today.
Britain's urban renaissance is being held back by a imagination deficit that could be relieved with greater community involvement, writes Melissa Mean
Poorer parts of Scotland's largest city have been left behind by major regeneration projects, according to a new report.
According to a damning new report published today by an influential think-tank, Glasgow has become a tale of two cities where affluence and poverty too often sit side by side. According to the report by Demos, Glasgow City Council has put architectural pr
Research published today by the think-tank Demos reveals unacceptable inequalities in end of life care.
Workers who have made sufficient National Insurance contributions should be rewarded with a higher £95-a-week rate of Job Seeker's Allowance, according to the think-tank Demos.
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.