This #WorldParkinsonsDay , I'm thinking about the long road to diagnosis, the challenges of coming to terms with the disease, and the hope offered by medical developments and support networks.

A couple of years ago, I wrote a short thread reflecting on our experiences👇

Delighted to have made my debut for LSE British Politics and Policy on the importance of intellectual traditions in policy making.

The less the parties have understood their own history, the more limited the intellectual room for manoeuvre has become.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

As we near the election, there's real momentum around the need for prevention in public services.

Join us on April 24th to discuss how to convert this momentum into a prevention revolution.

🗣️Anita Charlesworth of The Health Foundation, Lord Bethell & Delyth Morgan
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🚨Join us next Tuesday to discuss how to navigate generative AI in an election year: from what tech companies ought to be putting in place to how political parties should react.

🗣️Nighat Dad, Dr Jeffrey Howard of Digital Speech Lab & Ellen Judson
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Great to have Florence Eshalomi MP at the launch of Demos Collaborative Democracy Network.

Good to see Labour taking the health of our democracy seriously.

Strong words on the value of devolution and local decision making.

2. Head of operations - making sure all our support services are smoothly run

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Two big exciting jobs going at Demos at the moment.

1. Head of external affairs leading political engagement across our portfolio of projects

demos.co.uk/head-of-extern…

A pleasure to host this morning's panel on how better data can drive social mobility, in partnership with Social Mobility Commission.

Great insights from the panel Resham Kotecha, Louis Hodge and Paul Gerrard (Co-op), chaired by Polly Curtis. Such a rich discussion - thanks for joining us!

How can employers & policymakers better use data to drive social mobility? Join Demos & Social Mobility Commission
to discuss this and more tomorrow morning.

🗣️Resham Kotecha, Louis Hodge & Co-op Public Affairs Director Paul Gerrard

Attend in-person or online⬇️
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Liz Kendall making her first big speech in the DWP job for Demos Public Services Taskforce. Packed room!

Find out more about the Taskforce and how you can get involved here: demos.co.uk/future-public-…

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Excited to share this!

Demos Future Public Services Taskforce we will be hosting a major speech from Liz Kendall on Monday.

Register for livestream here!

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Very excited to host Liz Kendall on Monday. The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary will be giving a speech on Labour's approach to supporting people back to work - register below if you'd like to tune in 👇

New piece from me on Demos's website

'New statistics confirm that the pandemic has had a sustained negative impact on employment in the UK – here’s how policy makers should respond'

I pick out four key areas 🧵

demos.co.uk/blogs/new-stat…

New research from us Action for Children today looks at children in poverty despite their parents working full time.

Around 300,000 families - or 500,000 children - are in poverty despite all parents working full time. independent.co.uk/news/uk/rishi-…

Exciting opportunity to join the brilliant Demos team as Head of External Affairs 👇 demos.co.uk/head-of-extern…

Today, just five months after the launch of our report, the NHS has announced the rollout of ‘Martha’s Rule’ in 100 NHS sites across England from April.

bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

It has been a great privilege of my life to have worked with Merope and paul laity on #marthasrule . It has taken leaders from across the NHS, the independence of Patient Safety Commissioner, and powerful journalism - but above all the bravery and determination of Martha's family

Citizens' Assemblies can help break policy deadlocks and embolden politicians to navigate difficult trade-offs. Demos is working on a White Paper with involve that will set out how, when and why they can be used to build a more collaborative democracy

thetimes.co.uk/article/sue-gr…

NEW: Schools serving disadvantaged children have faced the biggest funding cuts.

Our annual education spending report, funded by Nuffield Foundation and with a special focus on geographical differences in spending, launches today.

Read the report ⬇️ifs.org.uk/publications/a…