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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 5d
The rise of Reform is not just a challenge for Labour, but a symptom of deep public frustration with a system that's not delivering for them.

🎙️Demos’ Anna Garrod, explained on #TheWorldAtOne why we need a new deal between citizen and state.

Listen from 39:30: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 6d
📣 APPLICATION CLOSING SOON | Join the #Impact team at Demos

We're looking for an Associate Director of Policy who brings deep policy expertise and strong political nous to lead our Public Service Reform and Citizen’s Economy programmes.

Apply by Sunday ⬇️
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Associate Director of Policy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 6d
Learn more about our project partner, Inner Circle Consulting: www.innercircleconsulting.co.uk
Inner Circle Consulting
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 6d
In a new blog ‘Radical Citizenship: a model for new towns and beyond’, Demos's Director of Research and Participation, Lucy Bush and Director at Inner Circle Consulting, Lucy Webb outline the aims of the collaboration in more detail: demos.co.uk/blogs/radica...
Radical Citizenship: a model for new towns and beyond
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 6d
Following the release of the final report from the government's New Towns Taskforce, this project sets out to research and design the best way places can embed #localstewardship, #governance and #collaboration from the outset.

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New Towns Taskforce: Report to government
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 6d
🏡 NEW PROGRAMME | Supporting the delivery of New Towns

Demos and Inner Circle Consulting are joining forces to help shape the delivery of New Towns and other large-scale developments.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 6d
A better welfare system is possible - one that treats people with dignity, compassion, and care 🤝

In our latest online listening with @demos-uk.bsky.social, we continue to see people's experience of the welfare system as inaccessible, inflexible, and inhumane. 1/2
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 7d
Find the latest wave of our research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social here.

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“It’s tough out there”: An online forum listening exercise revealing how people are talking about financial hardship
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 7d
✍ NEW BLOG | Putting humanity at the heart of welfare

@j-hancock.bsky.social reflects on 13 years of online conversations evidencing the enduring challenges that people face when navigating the #welfare system.

This blog draws from our ongoing Online Listening research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social.
Putting humanity at the heart of welfare
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
Watch the event recording to hear the full analysis and reflections from Sir John Curtice here ⬇️

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Labour’s first year: In conversation with Sir John Curtice
YouTube video by Demos
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "Before the election, voters weren’t sure of what #Starmer stood for. Voters are now even less likely to say that they are sure.

"It is the #economy and the #NHS that are the crucial issues – more so than #immigration – but also a sense that the government lacks direction."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "Most Reform voters are coming from the #Conservatives, over one in three of 2024 Conservative voters are now polling for Reform.

"We should not exaggerate how popular Reform are, around 30% is not what we normally think of as a winning vote share."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "Labour are losing far more support to #LiberalDemocrats and #Greens collectively than to #Reform. In the same way, Reform will take seats off Labour because they are losing votes to the Lib Dems and the Greens: the coalition that Labour had in 2024 has fragmented."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "You can break down the switching away from Labour last year based on how people voted for #Brexit. The voters that Labour have lost to Reform are overwhelmingly Brexiteers; the voters they have lost to the Greens and Liberal Democrats are overwhelmingly remain voters."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "There has been a significant decline in public confidence in the ability of government to tackle difficult problems. People have been increasingly coming to the view that the way this country is governed is in need of improvement."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "There was a lot of talk of #Labour winning back their more traditional #workingclass supporters going into the 2024 election. Labour actually made very little progress in that strategic objective.

"It’s no longer clear that this is a party of the working class."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "Labour have to thank Nigel Farage a great deal for why they won a majority. It was the collapse of the #Conservative vote, primarily to #Reform, that turned a modest improvement in Labour support into a massive majority."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🗣️ "#Labour didn’t win by a landslide - 35% of the vote is the lowest percent of the vote ever secured by a government winning a majority."
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
🚩 At #LabourPartyConference, Demos’ flagship fringe event handed the mic to leading pollster Sir John Curtice.

Sir John unpacked the latest British Social Attitudes data and offered a frank assessment of Labour’s first year.

🧵 Key insights ⬇️
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 8d
📢 You can now catch up on this conversation with Sir John Curtice, a @demos-uk.bsky.social fringe event at #LabourPartyConfernce, for some searing insights into Labour's first year. ⬇️

www.youtube.com/live/_RPm80O...
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 9d
🚨 Starting NOW! 🚨

Join us online: www.youtube.com/live/HuTxh7p...
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 9d
🎤 TODAY AT 3PM | When there’s no money left: New ways to fund public service innovation

Our expert speakers will explore bold solutions for delivering the public service reform the UK desperately needs in an age of tight budgets.

📍 Mersey Suite, Pullman Hotel
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 9d
🎤 TODAY AT 1PM | How can data liberate a more local, digital and presentative NHS?

Join our panel - supported by @odihq.bsky.social - at this year's #LabourPartyConference where we'll discuss the government’s ambitions for digital reform in the #NHS.

📍 Riverside Balcony at ACC Liverpool
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 9d
🚨 Starting NOW! 🚨

Join Demos for this trailblazing discussion about the fight to save democracy from information chaos at #LabourPartyConference.

Watch online ⬇️
www.youtube.com/live/6_bWdB0...
Introducing ‘epistemic security’ - the new fight to save democracy from information chaos
YouTube video by Demos
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 9d
New research, featured in @thetimes.com, shows how 8 targeted tax reforms could raise £21 billion - without raising headline rates for income tax, national insurance or VAT - and even prove popular with key voter groups.

📰 Read coverage in The Times⬇️
📘 Read the research: demos.co.uk/research/sol...
Reeves could raise £21bn with 8 tax reforms, says Demos think tank
The recommendations would allow the chancellor to avoid breaking a Labour manifesto pledge on taxation, the cross-party organisation says
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