Demos Articles

Congratulations on your appointment as minister for schools. This is one of the hottest spots in the government. With Tristram Hunt as your secretary of state, things won’t be dull. The starting point for this job, and the middle and end points, is pupils and their...

Last month over a hundred women and men turned up bright and early one Saturday morning to Camden town hall for Progress’ first ever women’s conference, Winning With Women, part of our Campaign for a Labour Majority. Deputy leader of the Labour party Harriet Harman...

Shadow home affairs minister Gloria de Piero kicked off the Progress annual conference breakout debate, Doorstep challenge: Can we win on crime and immigration?, focusing on antisocial behaviour. She said that the government was turning the clock back. In the most...

‘She was the best thing going for them’, was how one wonk world insider described the departure of Caroline Macfarland from ResPublica after three years last month. ResPublica’s wonky reputation was established by the original ‘red Tory’ Phillip Blond, one-time...