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It is important that young British Muslims are free to be radical and dissenting...
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Being British is more about doing your bit than things like Buckingham Palace...
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First class public services require first class public servants
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Power should remain local unless there is a compelling case for it to be centralised...
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Young people who lack digital fluency are at risk of falling prey to misinformation...
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The current legal status of assisted dying is inadequate and incoherent...
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Businesses can do more to promote older people's social participation
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Educational disengagement starts in primary school...
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For progressive conservatives, the problem is not too much ownership but that there's not enough...
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Discussions about 'devolving' power approach the question from the wrong direction...
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For disabled people, cuts to welfare will have a deep and lasting impact...
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It's not more education that children need, it's better character...
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It is those who do not go to university that need the greatest protection in the labour market...
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To deliver the best for looked after children, the state must be a confident parent...
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The rise of populism in Europe can be traced through online behaviour...
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Serving your community should be woven into every stage of life
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Internet activism is becoming the norm for a younger, digital generation...
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Parents are the principal architects of a fairer society…
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The open society cannot be relied upon to defend itself...
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Powerful ideas.
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Retiring but not shy
We were joined by Care Minister Paul Burstow MP to launch Ageing Sociably, a new report on older people's social isolation.
The report looks at what the private sector can do to tackle the crisis in loneliness among older people.
Read the report and the blog.
Show me the money!
Claudia Wood reacts to the publication of the Government's Social Care White Paper on the blog.
She finds that what could have been a world class social care system is - without guaranteed funding - merely a vision of what could have been.
Read the blog.
A Tale of Tech City
A new report by the Centre for London at Demos provides the most detailed picture yet of Tech City, the technology hub growing in East London.
Hailed by the Government as a foundation stone of the economic recovery, A Tale of Tech City recommends that resources should be focused on growing domestic firms in the area.
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#Intelligence at the Frontline Club
The Frontline Club hosted a debate about #Intelligence, our report on social media intelligence.
The debate featured the report's author, Jamie Bartlett, as well as the Rt Hon David Davis MP and Isabella Sankey from Liberty.
Watch the video. Read the report.
For disabled people, the worst is yet to come
The final report in our Disability in Austerity study catches up with our six case study families, revealing the human cost of the changes to disability benefits.
It finds that despite a drop in income and worsening conditions over the past two years, the deepest cuts are yet to take effect.
Read the report and the blog.
Ideas from a new generation of Conservative MPs
From banking reform to delivering the Big Society, Iron Ladies brings together new intake female Conservative MPs to write about the issues central to their political mission.
Download the collection and read about it on the blog.
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Is populism the future of European politics?
We launched the latest in our series of country-specific reports on the growth of parties on the far-right in Copenhagen.
This is part of a major project analysing the views of over 10,000 populist party supporters throughout Europe.
Download Populism in Europe: Denmark or find out more about the series.
How is your council coping?
Social care budget cuts are having a serious impact on disabled people. But some councils are protecting front line services better than others.
A new interactive map reveals for the first time which councils are most affected by the cuts and how well they are coping.
View the map and read the pamphlet.
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