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🧵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.
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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.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🧵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.
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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.
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Yet despite frustrations, most remain proud of Britain, and believe they can build better lives than their parents.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yet despite frustrations, most remain proud of Britain, and believe they can build better lives than their parents.
There is no Gen Z. The report challenges this lazy label and instead introduces five archetypes co-created with students themselves, which show just how diverse and nuanced this generation really is:
🪧 The Activist
💡 The Entrepreneur
🎮 The Critical Realist
👑 The Traditionalist
💬 The Connector
🪧 The Activist
💡 The Entrepreneur
🎮 The Critical Realist
👑 The Traditionalist
💬 The Connector
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
There is no Gen Z. The report challenges this lazy label and instead introduces five archetypes co-created with students themselves, which show just how diverse and nuanced this generation really is:
🪧 The Activist
💡 The Entrepreneur
🎮 The Critical Realist
👑 The Traditionalist
💬 The Connector
🪧 The Activist
💡 The Entrepreneur
🎮 The Critical Realist
👑 The Traditionalist
💬 The Connector
🗳️ 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.
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🗳️ 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.
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
The paper introduces the Arc of Democracy to visualise how systems move between functional and disordered states:
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The paper introduces the Arc of Democracy to visualise how systems move between functional and disordered states:
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
✅ Substantial - truth tested, voices heard, power constrained
⚙️ Performative - institutions go through the motions
⚠️ Disordered - democracy appears functional, but substance is inverted
🧵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...
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...
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🧵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...
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...
📣 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
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
October 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📣 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
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.
📘 Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bey...
🧵Read on for more details.
October 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢 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.
📘 Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bey...
🧵Read on for more details.
🎙️ 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.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🎙️ 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.
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.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
💬 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.
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/...
🎙️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/...
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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/...
🎙️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/...
🗣️ "Before the election, voters weren’t sure of what #Starmer stood for. Voters are now even less likely to say that they are sure.
"It is the #economy and the #NHS that are the crucial issues – more so than #immigration – but also a sense that the government lacks direction."
"It is the #economy and the #NHS that are the crucial issues – more so than #immigration – but also a sense that the government lacks direction."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "Before the election, voters weren’t sure of what #Starmer stood for. Voters are now even less likely to say that they are sure.
"It is the #economy and the #NHS that are the crucial issues – more so than #immigration – but also a sense that the government lacks direction."
"It is the #economy and the #NHS that are the crucial issues – more so than #immigration – but also a sense that the government lacks direction."
🗣️ "Most Reform voters are coming from the #Conservatives, over one in three of 2024 Conservative voters are now polling for Reform.
"We should not exaggerate how popular Reform are, around 30% is not what we normally think of as a winning vote share."
"We should not exaggerate how popular Reform are, around 30% is not what we normally think of as a winning vote share."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "Most Reform voters are coming from the #Conservatives, over one in three of 2024 Conservative voters are now polling for Reform.
"We should not exaggerate how popular Reform are, around 30% is not what we normally think of as a winning vote share."
"We should not exaggerate how popular Reform are, around 30% is not what we normally think of as a winning vote share."
🗣️ "Labour are losing far more support to #LiberalDemocrats and #Greens collectively than to #Reform. In the same way, Reform will take seats off Labour because they are losing votes to the Lib Dems and the Greens: the coalition that Labour had in 2024 has fragmented."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "Labour are losing far more support to #LiberalDemocrats and #Greens collectively than to #Reform. In the same way, Reform will take seats off Labour because they are losing votes to the Lib Dems and the Greens: the coalition that Labour had in 2024 has fragmented."
🗣️ "You can break down the switching away from Labour last year based on how people voted for #Brexit. The voters that Labour have lost to Reform are overwhelmingly Brexiteers; the voters they have lost to the Greens and Liberal Democrats are overwhelmingly remain voters."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "You can break down the switching away from Labour last year based on how people voted for #Brexit. The voters that Labour have lost to Reform are overwhelmingly Brexiteers; the voters they have lost to the Greens and Liberal Democrats are overwhelmingly remain voters."
🗣️ "There has been a significant decline in public confidence in the ability of government to tackle difficult problems. People have been increasingly coming to the view that the way this country is governed is in need of improvement."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "There has been a significant decline in public confidence in the ability of government to tackle difficult problems. People have been increasingly coming to the view that the way this country is governed is in need of improvement."
🗣️ "There was a lot of talk of #Labour winning back their more traditional #workingclass supporters going into the 2024 election. Labour actually made very little progress in that strategic objective.
"It’s no longer clear that this is a party of the working class."
"It’s no longer clear that this is a party of the working class."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "There was a lot of talk of #Labour winning back their more traditional #workingclass supporters going into the 2024 election. Labour actually made very little progress in that strategic objective.
"It’s no longer clear that this is a party of the working class."
"It’s no longer clear that this is a party of the working class."
🗣️ "Labour have to thank Nigel Farage a great deal for why they won a majority. It was the collapse of the #Conservative vote, primarily to #Reform, that turned a modest improvement in Labour support into a massive majority."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "Labour have to thank Nigel Farage a great deal for why they won a majority. It was the collapse of the #Conservative vote, primarily to #Reform, that turned a modest improvement in Labour support into a massive majority."
🗣️ "#Labour didn’t win by a landslide - 35% of the vote is the lowest percent of the vote ever secured by a government winning a majority."
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗣️ "#Labour didn’t win by a landslide - 35% of the vote is the lowest percent of the vote ever secured by a government winning a majority."
🚩 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 ⬇️
Sir John unpacked the latest British Social Attitudes data and offered a frank assessment of Labour’s first year.
🧵 Key insights ⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚩 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 ⬇️
Sir John unpacked the latest British Social Attitudes data and offered a frank assessment of Labour’s first year.
🧵 Key insights ⬇️
🎤 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
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
September 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎤 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
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
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
September 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🎤 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
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
5️⃣ Finally, the public prefers tax on high earners, the wealthy and business.
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
5️⃣ Finally, the public prefers tax on high earners, the wealthy and business.
4️⃣ Critically, all voters want to see the tax burden shifted onto wealth rather than work.
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
4️⃣ Critically, all voters want to see the tax burden shifted onto wealth rather than work.
3️⃣ The public are more concerned about future spending cuts than tax rises.
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
3️⃣ The public are more concerned about future spending cuts than tax rises.