Demos Articles

The English language is a cornerstone of British society. However, while around 850,000 people self-reported poor or very poor levels of English in the 2011 Census, only 150,000 are registered in ESOL courses to learn English. This gap between supply and demand,...

The challenge of our age, wrote Chuka Umunna in the June edition of Progress, is to generate growth that is sustainable over the long term, balanced across sectors and regions, and inclusive so that all can benefit. This is not capitalism red in tooth and claw....

In the four years since Gordon Brown met Gillian Duffy the Conservatives have introduced an ‘immigration cap’ and our own party seems at times to have made a speech every few months apologising for immigration under ‘the last Labour government’ (a phrase which now...

It is reported that Labour's independent skills taskforce has concluded that making schools more directly responsible for pupil destination outcomes is the best way of reducing young people who are 'neet' (not in education, employment or training). This has some...