Demos is an influential think tank based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1993 by journalists from Marxism Today, the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). In the run up to the 1997 UK general election it was seen as being close to the Labour Party, in particular the current leader Tony Blair. It is however, independent of any political party. This article is about the institution. ... Marxism Today was the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of Great Britain prior to its dissolution in 1991. ... The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist party in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party has, since the early twentieth century, been the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and MP for Sedgefield. ...

Its co-founder and first Director was Geoff Mulgan, who went on to work inside Downing Street in 1997. At that time Demos was seen as central to New Labour's vision for Britain. Geoff Mulgan is director of the Young Foundation based in London and Visiting Professor at University College, London. ...

Since 1998, under Director Tom Bentley, it has moved away from being just a think tank and an increasing part of its workload is described as 'public interest consultancy'. It also does an increasing amount of work internationally.

Demos has an open access policy which means that all publications are available to freely download under a Creative Commons licence. Version 2 of Some Rights Reserved logo No Rights reserved logo The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. ...

Demos works with a number of partners including government departments, public sector agencies and charities.

External links

• Demos official site
• The Greenhouse - Demos weblog