🤝 Is the UK ready for a New Deal with Europe? In a new guest essay, Nick Boles argues that shifting global security, the war in Ukraine and changing transatlantic relationships demand a New Deal for Britain, Ukraine and Europe. demos.co.uk/research/bey...

Beyond Brexit: A new deal for Britain, Ukraine and Europe

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🤖🚨 How AI chatbots are becoming a powerful new channel for propaganda In a new article, @theobserveruk.bsky.social covers our latest report exploring new evidence of hostile states manipulating the information AI systems retrieve and present to users, sounding the alarm for UK epistemic security.

How AI chatbots are becoming a powerful new channel for p...

Russian influence operations once flooded social media with provocative and divisive posts – they’ve moved with the times

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🔥 New today 🔥 The first publication from The Marshall Plan for Civic Life 👇 Today @kinship.works and @demos-uk.bsky.social have published a Discussion Paper to open a conversation about how to fund a decade of civic renewal. marshall-plan.netlify.app (1/n)

💬 New discussion paper | The Marshall Plan for Civic Life How do we fund civic renewal at the scale Britain needs? Today, Demos and @kinship.works launch the first discussion paper in the Marshall Plan for Civic Life, exploring the financing mechanisms we need to rebuild civic life.

A Marshall Plan for Civic Life: Discussion Paper: Financing a decade of civic renewal

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We've just finished hearing from the new Prime Minister @andyburnham.bsky.social about his plans to tackle the social care crisis. The gap between people's expectations when seeking government support for social care and the reality of how they experience it has grown into a gulf. 🧵

Political capital may be needed to reform social care, but getting it right would also help rebuild trust between citizens and the state, writes Lucy Bush, Director of Research and Participation at @demos-uk.bsky.social

The social contract for care is breaking down. Andy Burnham has a chance to rebuild it

There are few better places to begin rebuilding trust in government than social care.

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In this morning’s speech, Andy Burnham committed to urgently needed reforms on #socialcare. Director of Research and Participation, Lucy Bush writes for @politicshome.bsky.social on what our new research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals about people’s real experiences with the social care system. ⬇️

The social contract for care is breaking down. Andy Burnham has a chance to rebuild it

There are few better places to begin rebuilding trust in government than social care.

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"Mainstream chatbots are spewing Russian fake news after their systems were “poisoned” by a propaganda campaign." Our latest report surfacing new evidence of AI-fuelled information warfare, 'GEO for Geopolitics', is covered in new article by @thetimes.com. ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/business/tec...

How Russian propaganda is ‘poisoning’ AI chatbots to spout lies

ChatGPT and its rivals have been manipulated by a Kremlin unit that purports to be a human rights group as it opens a new front in the misinformation war

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Featured on Euronews following our latest report, authors Hannah Perry and Carl Miller sound the alarm over leading AI chatbots citing disinformation from a Russian state propaganda outlet sanctioned by the EU - revealing a dangerous new frontier for information warfare. 📺 Watch the interview ⬇️

📰 The @dailymail.co.uk covers our latest report, 'GEO for Geopolitics', including our findings that malign actors are successfully influencing the information consumed by UK chatbot users through a new form of AI-enabled information warfare. 👇 www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Russia pumping out disinformation to 'poison' AI models

Hostile states are 'poisoning' the AI models used by millions of Brits every day by editing the material the technology relies on when generating answers.

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📰 Hiring now! | Head of News & Media Want to help shape the national conversation on the UK's biggest policy challenges? Join Demos at a pivotal moment as we work to upgrade democracy, to turn evidence into impact through high-profile media engagement. 📌 Find out more and apply by 24th August. ⬇️

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🤖 ☠️ New report | AI and information warfare AI is rapidly becoming the gateway to information for millions of people. But what's stopping that gateway from being poisoned by hostile states? demos.co.uk/research/geo...

In his first speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham set out his bold ambition for ‘a new political model and a new economic model’. 🖊️ In our latest blog, new Demos Chief of Staff, Jessica Sargeant sets out five practical ideas drawn from our work to help turn that ambition into reality. 💡⬇️

Five big ideas for Burnham’s new government

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Andy Burnham's first 100 days as Prime Minister will set the tone for his government. If rebuilding trust is the mission, #socialcare should be one of the first places to start. New Demos research with @jrf-uk.bsky.social reveals a growing breakdown in the social care contract. 🧵

‘I’m beyond stressed’: Trends in online conversations about poverty and social care

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📣 Now Hiring! | Join Demos Digital as our new #SeniorResearcher. Help shape our work on Resilient Information Ecosystems, designing practical policy to strengthen the information environment and rebuild trust in democracy. 🖊️ Apply by 9am 10th August 📌 Find out more: demos.co.uk/senior-resea...

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🎙️ Demos Chief Executive, Polly Curtis, spoke to BBC Radio 4's #TodayinParliament on what effective devolution should look like for communities across Britain, spotlighting Demos's new joint research initiative with @kinship.works: A Marshall Plan for Civic Life.

🎙️ Live on air | Why are people losing faith in institutions? Director of Participatory programmes, Miriam Levin spoke to The Voice Of Islam Radio over the weekend about the age of distrust. 📌 Listen to the full episode here: soundcloud.com/voislam/week...

🤖 Burnham's new government vs the bots Demos Digital Director Hannah Perry, highlights her new essay and argues why Andy Burnham's new government should move the Defending Democracy taskforce to the heart of government if it is to deliver a more resilient information environment for the UK.

"How do you convince someone to share power, when they don't feel they have it themselves?" Following Andy Burnham's new vision to "rebalance power across the country", Hana Kapetanovic argues this is the question at the heart of the devolution debate, in a new blog. ⬇️ demos.co.uk/blogs/rebala...

Rebalancing power in an age of powerlessness

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🏥 New paper | Reform failure There is no shortage of ambition for public service reform. But too often, reform fails when it encounters the machinery of government. demos.co.uk/research/ref...

Reform Failure: Lessons from the history of health service reforms - and how not to repeat them

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🖊️ In a new op-ed for @civilserviceworld.bsky.social, Researcher Aidan Garner argues that successful devolution requires moving beyond the traditional Whitehall model to a "multimodal state that can shift between modes of public services delivery." www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

Devolution means moving away from Whitehall – and beyond the Whitehall model

For Burnham to be successful in his mission to “take power out of the centre”, he needs a multimodal state that can shift between modes of public s...

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Demos Digital Interim Director, @hannahperry.bsky.social, writes for @techpolicypress.bsky.social today arguing the new UK Prime Minister should elevate defending democracy taskforce to tackle bots and protect trusted news. ⬇️

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Following multiple instances of social media-fueled violence, Demos Digital interim director Hannah Perry argues the next UK government should move the Defending Democracy Taskforce into Downing Street and publish a new strategy for information ecosystems resilience.

The pattern is becoming too familiar. A moment of tragedy or injustice is caught on camera devoid of context and spreads on social media like wildfire – then amplified beyond control. 🚨 Today we publish Resilient Information Ecosystems: Upgrading the information supply chain for democracy ⬇️

Resilient Information Ecosystems: Upgrading the information supply chain for democracy

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🔀 New paper | Mode Shifting Public service reform isn't stuck because of a lack of good ideas. It's stuck because the state is built to operate in only one mode. Our latest paper argues that government needs to become multimodal - shifting how it delivers according to what best serves citizens.

Mode Shifting: Whitehall reform that liberates public services to shift between transactional and relational delivery modes

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You've heard of economies of scale. What are economies of coordination? Dan Goss writes for Public Sector Focus on how improved coordination between local authorities and small employers could power two million apprenticeships in Britain's left behind neighbourhoods 👉 flickread.com/edition/html...

🚨 Upcoming Webinar | A Marshall Plan for Civic Life Join Demos and @kinship.works as we introduce the newly launched Marshall Plan for Civic Life. 📅 Join us on 9 July at 9:30am 📺 Online webinar 📌 Free tickets and more info ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-marshall...

A Marshall Plan for Civic Life - Webinar

Join us online to explore bold ideas shaping a brighter future for community and civic engagement!

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We & @demos-uk.bsky.social have a major programme of research & deliberation to develop a new funding settlement for civic renewal in Britain. We're holding a webinar (Thur 9 Jul @ 09:30) to introduce the programme, share early thinking & open the conversation. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-marshall...

Britain's economy is stagnant. People are angry. Too many feel they have little stake in the country's future. Today, we're publishing The Citizen Economy: A New Deal to Power Economic Growth and Rebuild Trust Between State and Citizen. demos.co.uk/research/cit...

Citizens Economy: a New Deal to power economic growth and rebuild trust between state and citizen

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🎤 We're pleased to be joining this @carnegieuk.bsky.social webinar in less than an hour! Director or Participatory Programmes, Miriam Levin will join panellists to share reflections and make the case for a new democratic operating model to rebuild trust between state and citizen. 🖊️Register below ⬇️

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📣 Webinar: Rebuilding trust in politics and government in 2026 Join us on Tuesday 23 June for a conversation on how to rebuild trust and involve more people in decision making with @adambalfourlang.bsky.social, Prof Oliver Escobar & Miriam Levin: carnegieuk-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🏛️ The New Deal | A new democratic delivery model In the latest essay in our New Deal series, Associate Director Joe Martin sets out four essential conditions to ensure that the current reforming energy in Whitehall takes route and spreads. demos.co.uk/research/pub...

Public Service Reform: A new democratic delivery model to rebuild trust between citizen and state

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🛡️ New paper | Powering Prevention The latest paper in Demos’s Powering Public Service Reform programme explores how the government can rewire its financial architecture to embed preventative, people-centred public services at scale. @ncvo.bsky.social, @healthfoundation.bsky.social

Powering Prevention: How to reform the state’s financial architecture to enable preventative people-centred public service reform

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