🚨NEW this Wednesday 🎙️The Blueprint, brought to you by ConservativeHome with me Ben Houchen, will lift the lid on centre-right politics in a way the media don’t. With influential guests, I’ll be exploring how we put the right back at the centre of UK politics tbp-podcast.com

Clearly Nietzsche was an opening batsman…

In his rose garden speech Starmer spoke about the pride in people who cleaned up the streets after the riots and drew parallels between this and the pride we'll feel as a nation having rebuilt a country together. There's strength in this rhetoric but there's a gap to fill...

With great respect to Fraser Nelson and The Spectator they do not understand how means testing works in our benefit system. You can means test for millionaires not to receive #WinterFuelPayment but the admin costs are vast and it will not save the government money 1/

📢Published today, the 2024 Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index ranks 51 of the UK’s largest cities on measures inc. jobs, health, income, housing and more. PwC UK 🖋️Hana Kapetanovic gives us her take on the findings, and what this means for the government. demos.co.uk/blogs/new-demo…

SPEAKER 💬 | Joe Fortune is the general secretary of the Co-operative Party, the political party of the UK co-operative movement and sister party of the Labour Party. Join us this Thursday as we discuss how to make a Community Right to Buy work for everyone. 👇 bit.ly/3XonZNt

Great to hear Wes Streeting MP arguing this morning for recovery and reform - just as Demos called for last year when kicking off our Taskforce: demos.co.uk/research/recov…

Brilliant new article from Demos Lead Researcher Hana Kapetanovic on why protest legislation should not be based on kneejerk public opinion 👇

Really enjoyed joining Immy, Linda and Joe on the panel yesterday to talk about our new report on a Community Right to Buy. Do have a watch back of the discussion and check out the paper! powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and-i…

Exciting new initiative - I am sure the new government will be listening.

FTSE 100 businesses can lead and drive a responsible corporate culture throughout the UK’s business sector. Our experience tells us that when charities, the private sector and government all play their part, we can work towards building a resilient and thriving civil society.

So important that we restore Britain’s culture of corporate giving - which has been repeatedly neglected by policymakers. I am sure this will be a topic for discussing at @demos Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) #LDConf event this evening! Make sure you come along.

At #LDConf today? Then make sure you attend our Demos Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) event on how we can use philanthropy and giving to transform local communities. We have a fantastic line up of speakers and focuses on the biggest challenges facing the country. See you there - 18.15 - Regency Room

📢 Happening today from 18:15! 📢 Join our Lib Dem conference event in partnership with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), @NPC and Pro Bono Economics as we discuss philanthropy and support for communities with Jess Brown-Fuller MP, Lisa Smart, Josh Babarinde OBE MP, Donna Holland, Neil Heslop & Nicole Costa. ⬇️

A word on purpose from ICON chair former social exclusion minister Baroness Hilary Armstrong

ICON Chair Baroness Hilary Armstrong answers the key questions: Why neighbourhoods? Why now?

💰 Inheritance tax is one of the few taxes the #Labour Government hasn’t ruled out raising. This is an opportunity for the #UK to make the tax more progressive. Dan Goss LSE British Politics and Policy argues 🇬🇧 has lots to learn from Norway & South Korea about #tax. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

The Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods will bring together several advisory groups to inform and shape its work - the first is the experts by experience AG which will have an initial meeting later today. To join or find out more email: [email protected]

✍️We're delighted to be supporting this new essay competition from Local Trust They're on the lookout for innovative submissions on the topic of community regeneration. Find out more and apply here👇 localtrust.org.uk/enter-local-tr…

📢Join Demos at Labour Party Conference for a packed fringe events programme. We'll be joined by a range of senior MPs, including but not limited to Lisa Nandy MP, Jim McMahon MP Dame Meg Hillier, Torsten Bell and Josh Simons MP🗣️ Find out more ⬇️ demos.co.uk/blogs/join-dem…