📣 Demos’s 2025 highlights 📣 This year has been an exciting (and busy) one for Demos.

📣 Demos’s 2025 review Our Chief Executive, Polly Curtis, reflects on a landmark year for Demos - what we’ve achieved, where we’ve had impact, and what we’re focusing on as we head into 2026. 🖊️ Read Polly’s full 2025 wrap-up here: demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...

❗ NEW REPORT | “Barely getting by” As the government’s landmark #EmploymentRightsBill passes through parliament, our new research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social shines a light on those still at risk of slipping through the social safety net. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

📢🎤 STARTING NOW | Making citizens’ voices heard: Accountability in a Healthy Democracy. Tune into this critical conversation on how #governments, #institutions and #citizens can strengthen accountability and participation in public life. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/UEvFpLF...

🌎🧪 NEW REPORT | A Climate of Resistance Governments have undervalued scientific advice time and time again - from #Covid-19 guidance in No.10 and the Trump administration’s dismissal of climate science, to the UK sleepwalking into an energy crisis.

🌊 WAVES UPDATE | Stage 1 complete ✅ A new blog by @aidangarner.bsky.social details early insights from our digital democracy trial in Camden. From 1,200+ contributions we've surfaced ten clear resident-led priorities for the future of #AdultSocialCare - ideas we'll take into Stage 2 deliberation.

🧱 NEW REPORT | Beyond Bricks: New towns and the citizenship opportunity. Lucy Bush sets out how a stronger model of #citizenship must sit at the heart of town planning, governance and stewardship - and how doing so can speed up delivery, rebuild trust and strengthen communities. ⬇️

🗣️ EVENT | Making Citizens’ Voices Heard: Accountability in a Healthy Democracy Join the next #CollaborativeDemocracyNetwork event as we explore how democratic systems can better listen, respond and ensure civic participation truly shapes power. 📅 8 Dec, 6pm 💻 Online & in-person 🎟️ Register below ⬇️

🧰 💭 AUTUMN BUDGET VERDICT | A more balanced tax system? Demos Lead Researcher and author of our latest series on tax reform, Dan Goss, responds to the changes announced at today’s #Budget - our policy wins, what these reforms mean for the public and what challenges remain.

🧰 It's #AutumnBudget week, and the stakes couldn't be higher. 🎥 Watch Demos Lead Researcher, @dan-goss.bsky.social, set out three priorities for a Budget that can actually fill the fiscal hole *and* rebuild trust in the state.

New live-stream link here! www.youtube.com/live/xl_ahUt...

🚨 STARTING SOON | Votes at 16 in an age of disinformation Join this #EpistemicSecurityNetwork event, with @milalliance.bsky.social, as we explore how the UK can strengthen whole-society media literacy at a time of rising misinformation - and what votes at 16 means for democratic education.

🧵LATEST POLICY THINKING ON INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS 💭 Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems & democracy spotlights fresh research and policy insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK. ✍️ Sign up here: demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...

🗣️ EVENT | Making Citizens’ Voices Heard: Accountability in a Healthy Democracy Join the next #CollaborativeDemocracyNetwork event as we explore how democratic systems can better listen, respond and ensure civic participation truly shapes power. 📅 8 Dec, 6pm 💻 Online & in-person 🎟️ Register below ⬇️

🗳️ 16-year-olds are about to get the vote - but how well do adults *really* know what they think? A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.

🚨 CLOSING ON MONDAY | Waves Programme Manager Join Demos and lead the ground-breaking Waves programme - starting with our first 3-month digital democracy trial with Camden Council, and then guiding the project through to its completion in December 2026. Apply here ⬇️ demos.co.uk/programme-ma...

🎉Congratulations to all our finalists for the inaugural Innovation Award! @centreforcities.bsky.social @britainleads.bsky.social @demos-uk.bsky.social @moneyandmentalhealth.org @nestauk.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social @smfthinktank.bsky.social #SmartThinkingAwards

🚨 HIRING NOW | Manage the UK’s largest trial in digital democracy at Demos We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council. 📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️

📈 NEW BLOG | Must the government choose between a broken promise and a broken economy? Or is there another way? With the Budget only 34 days away, Lead Researcher, Dan Goss summarises Demos’s recommendations for a tax system that is fair, pro-growth *and* in line with public and business opinion.

..delighted to have contributed to this report with @eliothiggins.bsky.social and a huge thanks to Polly Curtis and all @demos-uk.bsky.social for their help and support…..m/f

🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account. A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.

📢 NEW REPORT | The Story to Tell on Tax Rises: How to gain public trust in tax rises With the Autumn Budget approaching, the latest report in our series on tax reform considers how the government can bring the public onside with the tough but necessary choices ahead. demos.co.uk/research/the...

🧵LATEST POLICY THINKING ON INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS | Positive news for media literacy and more Our bi-weekly newsletter on information ecosystems spotlights fresh research and insights from across Demos’s Epistemic Security Network, from around the world and in the UK. ℹ️ demos.co.uk/epistemic-se...

🫧 BLOG | Bursting the party conference filter bubble After a packed party conference season, Hannah Perry reflects on Demos's panels on Epistemic Security - sharing key thoughts from speakers, new @yougov.co.uk data and some possible solutions explored during these conversations. 📖 Read the blog ⬇️

🚨 HIRING NOW | Manage the UK’s largest trial in digital democracy at Demos We’re seeking a Programme Manager to steer Waves - our €1 million project trialling new technology in local democracy - as test the process with Camden Council and South Staffordshire Council. 📌 Applications close 10 Nov ⬇️

📣 Waves - the largest trial of digital democracy in Britain - is now live on the streets of #Camden. If you're a Camden resident and want to help shape @camdencouncil.bsky.social's future plan on adult social care, have your say now: who-cares.commonplace.is

📢 NEW REPORT | Beyond The Headlines: The full story of last year’s inheritance tax reforms and lessons to learn 📘 Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bey... 🧵Read on for more details.

⏪ CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE CATCH-UP | The State of the Nation with Sir John Curtice Catch up on this Demos session where polling guru, Sir John Curtis, considered the state of the nation and explored how the Conservative party can start to rebuild trust with the public. 📺 Watch the recording ⬇️

🎙️ Demos’ Director of Policy & Impact, Anna Garrod, spoke to #BBCSounds about the growing #democratic emergency in Britain. Anna stresses that national #renewal cannot just be a slogan - it must be *felt* in people’s daily interactions with public services and through a state that delivers for them.

💬 Take part in Britain’s biggest digital democracy trial to shape the future of adult social care in #Camden! Miriam Levin explains how easy it is to take part in this vital conversation - just scan the QR code found at any bus stop in Camden and let Camden Council know what matters to you most.

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/...

📣 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 ⬇️ demos.co.uk/associate-di...

🏡 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.

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

✍ 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.

🚩 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 ⬇️

📢 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...

🚨 Starting NOW! 🚨 Join us online: www.youtube.com/live/HuTxh7p...

🎤 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

🎤 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

🚨 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...

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...

There's lots of 'national renewal' chatter at Labour conference, but this obviously needs BIG public investment. The elephant in many rooms (or pods?) is the fiscal mess standing in the way... We've just laid out a path to sort that mess w/o any broken promises 🧵 www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

📢 NEW REPORT | Solving The Tax Puzzle Groundbreaking new Demos research released today recommends eight popular, pragmatic, pro-growth tax reforms to plug the fiscal hole. 📘 Read the full report ⬇️ demos.co.uk/research/sol...

🚨 Starting in 10 minutes! 🚨 Hear from legendary pollster, Sir John Curtice, as he unpicks Labour's first year. 📍Head to the Mersey Suite at the Pullman Hotel if you're in Liverpool. Watch online ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/_RPm80O...

🧵A Nation of Neighbours | New coalition of the willing 🤝 Across Britain, communities are quietly leading change – from food banks to youth centres, from local enterprises to new models of care. This energy and creativity is powering a story of national renewal rooted in neighbourhoods.

Why is it that MPs feel more overwhelmed than ever by their inboxes and messages from constituents, but most constituents they don't feel like they ever hear from their MP, and have less trust than ever in them? Find out why & how to fix it our paper published today 👇 demos.co.uk/research/a-t...

OPINION PIECE | Abuse, apathy and overload: The democratic crisis within our constituencies Demos’s Director of Research and Participation, Lucy Bush writes for @thehousemag.bsky.social today on the broken interface between MPs and citizens, and how to set about fixing it. ⬇️

🧵 UK democracy is in crisis. Trust is collapsing. Our MPs are working harder than ever to keep up with information overload – but their relationship with constituents is faltering.

🚨 LABOUR AGENDA | Demos at Party Conference 2025 Are you heading to Liverpool for this year’s #LabourPartyConference? We’ll be exploring public service reform, health, Labour’s first year and the fight to save democracy from information chaos - and we want *you* in the room. See our events ⬇️