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Article: 09.10.24 Citizen Democracy: Learning from North West Together We Can NWTWC promoted local and regional based learning to improve lives and create sustainable communities.
Article: 10.09.24 Learning for Democracy Learning how to play our part in democracy is a basic skill that needs to be learned by everyone.
Article: 09.09.24 Citizen Participation in Africa Democracy in Africa is under threat but emerging innovations improve accountability and participation.
Article: 02.09.24 Engaging the Marginalised How do we reach people who are rarely heard and encourage them to engage in citizen democracy?
Books: 09.08.24 Second Class Citizens An authoritative overview of how Austerity targeted sick and disabled people in the UK.
Article: 25.07.24 Democratising Education It will take big changes in how we do education if we are going to support people to value democratic principles.
Article: 04.07.24 Open Letter on Neighbourhood Democracy A call for a deeper democracy that engages everyone as citizens in their neighbourhoods and beyond.
Article: 24.06.24 Civic Dialogues and Citizen Democracy We need to help people make decisions together on a much more local level.
Article: 14.06.24 Neighborocracy It is possible to do democracy very differently and to make sure everyone is involved.
Paper: 07.06.24 Beyond the Ballot Box The Democracy Box publish new research revealing how to open up democratic participation in the UK.
Paper: 02.04.24 Yorkshire Declaration This Declaration makes the case for bringing real Democratic power to Yorkshire.
Article: 08.03.24 Humanity and the Planet Citizen Democracy is essential for tackling the urgent problems of the planet.
Article: 07.03.24 Democratic Healthcare The NHS and other public services need to be accountable to citizens and communities.
Article: 06.03.24 Democracy and Misinformation Misinformation in politics is extremely damaging to democracy, we should focus on practices to curtail it.
Article: 05.03.24 Our Democratic Infrastructure 9 areas for improvement in our democratic infrastructure.
Article: 05.02.24 The ‘Scarcity’ of Money Government can create the money we need in order to do the things that really matter.
Article: 01.11.23 Fixing Broken Britain It is time to abandon the failed dogmas that accelerated social injustice and are breaking Britain apart.
Paper: 20.07.23 Letter to Director General of DWP This letter asks the DWP to accept the harm caused by their ongoing approach to disabled people.
Article: 03.03.23 In Harmony with Nature We need to radically reimagine ourselves, Nature and the relationship between us.
Article: 02.03.23 Persecuting Those in Greatest Need Toxic welfare policies did not start with the 2010 Coalition Government, many began under New Labour.
Article: 02.03.23 A Culture of Cruelty Thatcherism and neoliberalism has created a toxic culture that targets disabled people for harm.
Reviews: 28.02.23 Rethinking Boethius This ancient text reveals a lost approach to economics thinking that we need to rediscover.
Paper: 07.11.22 Truth and Citizenship This Norah Fry lecture explores the conditions necessary for respecting disability rights.
Article: 07.11.22 You Can't Manufacture Doctors Political talk of solving the NHS recruitment crisis reflects decades of bad policy-making.
Article: 17.10.22 The Failure of NHS Leadership Have recent leaders of the NHS been wilfully blind or deliberately neglectful of their duties?
Reviews: 14.10.22 The Bradford Revolution Bradford began the destruction of municipal socialism in the pretence of improving local government.
Paper: 14.10.22 The Politics of Fear How the UK government has created an effective hostile environment for sick and disabled people.
Article: 02.08.22 30 Years on Citizenship This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.
Film: 29.07.22 A Conversation about Polis with Crowd Wisdom Project A Conversation about Polis with Crowd Wisdom Project
Paper: 29.07.22 UK Democracy Fit for 21st Century How to reorganise the constitution of the UK to support genuine democracy and good government.
Handbook: 22.07.22 How to Create a Citizen Assembly A guide to how citizen assemblies, juries and panels work.
Album: 26.06.22 UK Poverty Data in Graphics Infographics showing how poverty is created by the unfairness of the UK tax-benefit system.
Article: 22.06.22 Open Letter on Regional Devolution A letter to Gordon Brown's Commission on Regional Devolution calling for a Citizens' Assembly.
Article: 20.06.22 The Challenge of Citizenship A talk to mark the Launch of Values Into Action Scotland at the Scottish Parliament in 2007.
Paper: 04.05.22 Centralisation Meets Austerity A detailed analysis of the impact of austerity on Local Spending in every local authority in England.
Map: 04.04.22 Local Spending in England A map of Local Spending and the impact of austerity in England.
Article: 08.03.22 Global Ranking of Electoral Systems There are many different electoral systems used around the world, most better than the UK system.
Paper: 24.01.22 Citizen Hubs A structure to grow power in local neighbourhoods in partnership with formal civic structures.
Article: 13.10.21 Moving the Centre The Centre for Welfare Reform is changing to become Citizen Network Research, this article explains why.
Map: 07.09.21 Global Democracy A map of the voting systems used around the world.
Webinar: 29.08.21 Neighbourhoods: Refunction or Recreate? Susan Rodaway and Michael Hancock shared practical models for reshaping and democratising local government.
Reviews: 12.02.21 The Lonely Century This new and challenging book by Noreena Hertz outlines the shape of a transformative programme to rebuild community.
Film: 15.12.20 Building on Mutual Aid Basic Income and Neighbourhood Democracy could help us reorganise society and shift power to citizens.
Webinar: 14.12.20 Stigma and Poverty: The Shame Game Mary O'Hara discusses her book ‘The Shame Game’ sharing the perspectives of people who are living with…
Article: 09.11.20 Will the Right Hold the North? Alain Catzeflis argues that delivering on Brexit won’t be enough to enable the Conservative Party to retain its…
Article: 28.09.20 A Fair and Just Future for Cornwall The Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum's report outlining its vision for achieving social justice in Cornwall.
Reviews: 22.06.20 Rekindling Democracy Cormac Russell's inspiring book describes the limitations of current models of public policy and offers a positive…
Article: 18.06.20 Child Poverty: the New Normal in Education As the teaching profession debates the new normal in education and schools slowly reopen, Kieran Roberts discusses…
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