DEMOS

 Parties across the political spectrum are searching for ways to pull nation and community together for the common good. The author argues that mutuality could be the idea which shapes politics in the years ahead. Mutuality links rights with obligations and balances individualism with membership. It builds on the example of voluntary associations to set out new ways of organising education and work, law and order, health and savings. Charles Leadbeater is a writer, consultant and Demos Associate.