UK civil servants could be given means to raise ethical concerns, report suggests
Chair of Institute of Regulation says open letters could publicly highlight worries about ministerial integrity
July 2024
How Taiwan bucked a global trend – and restored voters’ trust in politics
Polly Curtis
After protesters occupied parliament, the government did something extraordinary: it hired them, says Demos chief executive Polly Curtis
November 2023
Let boardrooms look beyond shareholder returns to drive productivity, report urges
Chaotic communication by NHS in England ‘causing treatment delays’
September 2023
Parents of girl who died of sepsis in NHS hospital call for right to second medical opinion
Mother of Martha Mills, who died after treatment failures at London hospital, releases report with Demos calling for new policy in England
January 2019
Unfit DWP should be axed, says thinktank
Demos report claims ‘hard-to-help’ groups are being let down so functions should be moved to other Whitehall departments
February 2018
Undiagnosed adult ADHD could cost UK billions a year, report finds
Costs of the disorder in adults who are unable to work or hold down a full-time job are high, says thinktank
December 2017
Brexit Britain needs big ideas from its leaders, not tit-for-tat politics
Claudia Wood
Today’s tribal, kneejerk politics is a far cry from the dynamic, grand-vision world I once knew, writes the former Demos chief exective Claudia Wood
April 2017
Half of young adults in the UK do not feel European, poll reveals
Survey also finds only a third of those aged 18-30 can speak a foreign language, while a fifth do not feel British
September 2015
Datablog
Separating the truth from the buzz in social media
A research paper has been launched looking at just how representative social media is. Here its authors explain why it is important to ask that question
July 2015
Racial segregation in schools holds white pupils back, thinktank warns
Demos study finds parents like to send children to schools where their ethnicity is dominant, but this hampers educational attainment
December 2014
Mandy Rice-Davies called the Profumo affair ‘a pimple’. Now that’s resilience
Christina Patterson
Christina Patterson: We could learn from a woman who nearly brought down a government yet got on with life rather than milked her fame
November 2014
Experts call for ‘return to human intelligence’ after Snowden
Security agencies need a ‘real cultural shift’ including protection for whistleblowers and citizens as part of its oversight body. By Stuart Dredge
October 2014
Negative tweets on Cameron’s speech outweigh positive by 10 to one
Reaction on Twitter to speech at Tory party conference worse than response to Ed Miliband, finds thinktank
April 2014
Greenslade
Former journalist to head Index on Censorship
Jodie Ginsberg wins chief executive post
March 2014
UK consumers in '£5bn black hole' of hidden debt
Universities and colleges risk losing right to sponsor foreign students
