For government to break out of the loop of demand for public services and innovate, it needs to find a way to prioritise prevention over day-to-day expenditure. This paper looks at how to shift the culture of public organisations to think ‘prevention first’ and target spending at activities which promise value for money and improve...

This paper analyses the current constitutional and operational framework for a new classification of public expenditure. The aim is to identify expenditure and encourage the ‘shift to prevention’. It considers three expenditure areas in the United Kingdom: health, homelessness and children’s social care. By differentiating between everyday spending and preventative spending, the government could measure...

The new government is pursuing a different approach to governing, what it calls “mission-driven government”. Key to achieving this is a strong partnership with business, because without the resources and expertise of the private sector, it will not be possible to deliver the missions. However, this has been something that UK Governments have struggled to...

The aim of this paper is to develop a series of proposals that could be adopted by government and policymakers to increase the power of citizens and communities. This is in line with Demos’ vision to build a 'collaborative' democracy, in which citizens, politicians, policymakers and other experts find new ways to work together in...

This report, in partnership with SEGRO, looks at the sectors that hold significant potential for growing the UK economy (e.g. digital, advanced manufacturing, life sciences) as well as those with a large footprint (e.g. logistics) where new technology can have a large positive impact.