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@demos-uk.bsky.social📰 New: Taxing Extraction, the 2nd paper in our Citizen Budget 2026 series
💷 Taxing crypto gains as income, not capital gains, could raise up to £250m a year to help cut VAT on electricity bills
⚖️ Half the public (49%) say it’d make tax fairer, vs just 11% #Autumn2026Budget
Read: shorturl.at/jDyBN
@demos-uk.bsky.social📝 New guest paper | Work in Progress
Sir @geoffmulgan.bsky.social and Dr Alex Fischer argue that democracy needs to be upgraded for the 21st century. Their framework breaks #democracy into six functions – from authorisation to participation – and asks how each can be strengthened in the age of #AI.
@demos-uk.bsky.social📣 Hiring now! | Associate Director, #DigitalPolicy
Join the Demos Digital team and help shape research and policy development across our work on Resilient Information Ecosystems, fundraise to scale our impact, and co-lead our Epistemic Security Network.
🗓️ Apply by 26 October, 9am ⬇️
@demos-uk.bsky.socialRead the Committee’s report: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Find a summary of Demos’s BBC recommendations: demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
@demos-uk.bsky.social"The BBC should be easier to find on social media, free from political appointments and safe from the 10-year Charter cliff-edge ... But the job isn't finished. If the BBC belongs to the public, the public should hold the keys."
Hannah Perry responds to #BBC Inquiry report published today. ⬇️
@demos-uk.bsky.social"These shifts fundamentally change how the centre sees its role. It will be uncomfortable ... But the alternative is a state that grows more remote from the people it serves."
📰 Read coverage in this @civilserviceworld.bsky.social piece, published today.
@demos-uk.bsky.social📣 New paper | Northcote-Trevelyan 2.0 Devolution needs a different Whitehall. Our latest paper sets out six shifts to move the centre of government from command and control towards enabling and empowering – and reset the relationship between citizens and the state. ⬇️
@demos-uk.bsky.social🎥 Watch Miriam Levin, Director of Democratic Practice, explain our work on #Immigration with the Home Affairs Select Commitee in this brilliant video from @oneworld-ornone.bsky.social ⬇️
Read the report: demos.co.uk/research/you...
@demos-uk.bsky.socialThis series of papers will explore how government can build legitimacy through pro-growth tax reform - with further proposals on taxing extraction, funding the future, a National Bond and strengthening the fiscal contract to come.
Read The Investor Test here: demos.co.uk/research/the...
@demos-uk.bsky.socialDrawing on a survey of 1,000 UK retail investors, the findings offer a snapshot of investor’s expected responses to reforms to tax on capital gains, rental and partnership income. ⚖️ On balance, Britain’s retail investors expect to invest more, not less, in response to CGT reforms and an exit tax.
@demos-uk.bsky.socialThe first paper published today, ‘The Investor Test’, explores how the government can raise revenue from wealth while supporting investment and rebuilding trust in the tax system.
@demos-uk.bsky.socialNew series | Citizen Budget 2026
Our new Citizen Budget 2026 series explores how the government can build legitimacy through pro-growth tax reforms as we approach the #Autumn2026Budget.
@demos-uk.bsky.social👥 New report | A New Civic Generation
New Demos report sets out a new deal between people and place: putting community-led asset-locked trusts at the heart of how we build new neighbourhoods, towns and cities.
Produced in partnership with Forest City.
@demos-uk.bsky.social🎤 Join Demos at #LabourConference2026 as Sir John Curtice unveils bespoke polling on where the party stands today and the choices that will shape its path to 2029.
We'll be joined by Chris Curtis MP for first reactions from the party.
📅 27 September | 17:30 - 19:00
📌 Auditorium 1B
@demos-uk.bsky.social'Becoming a Nation of Neighbours', features in the @politics.mirror.co.uk’s look at Birkenhead and what it takes to revitalise communities.
🗞️ Read the article here: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
@demos-uk.bsky.socialCritically, the report sets out a unifying story for the government about why community organisations matter - and the vital contribution they can make to local and national renewal.
Read the full report here: demos.co.uk/research/bec...
@demos-uk.bsky.socialFindings show that the public thinks placing more power within communities - rather than just with councils - could lead to more positive outcomes for mental health and opportunities for young people, while also making people more optimistic about the state and the future of Britain.
@demos-uk.bsky.socialDrawing on conversations with community organisations and new nationally representative polling, report authors compare two #devolution models to relocate power and repair Britain's social fabric:
👥Community-centric model
🏛️Council-centric model
@demos-uk.bsky.socialCommunity organisations across Britain are trying to stop this unravelling, supporting citizens where the state falls short, across three strands that help strengthen this social fabric: 🙋Empowering local people 🛡️Forging resilient communities 🌻Providing a pillar of hope
@demos-uk.bsky.socialBritain’s social fabric is fraying. Trust is declining, communities are becoming more disconnected and too many people feel they have little say over the decisions that shape their lives.
