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Demos Articles

Important interventions

Ben Dilks with the latest from the wonk world There was an understandably sombre atmosphere at the launch of The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Price of Inaction in the Face of Mass Atrocities, recently published by Policy Exchange. This was partially a result of the...
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Winning over the self-employed

The announcement last week that the government had appointed its first ever ‘self-employment tsar’ reflects an important change in the way Britain works. One in seven of the workforce is now self-employed. On current trends, the self-employed are set to outnumber the...
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Beating the Brexit cyber-bullies

Demos, in their recent work in association with Creative Commons looking at voter engagement across Europe, has some important recommendations for anyone worried about the health of our democracy. The report, debated under the hashtag #LikeShareVote, took a particular...
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The battle for the self-employed

The Labour party has an uneasy relationship with self-employment. Fears of tax evasion by high earners and the exploitation of low earners dominate the party’s discourse. The policy focus is on stamping out abuse, rather than supporting those for whom self-employment...
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All change

All change

May 29, 2014 |

In the four years since Gordon Brown met Gillian Duffy the Conservatives have introduced an ‘immigration cap’ and our...

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