Ben Rogers

Ben Rogers is an Associate Fellow of ippr and Demos and a Visiting Fellow at The Royal Society of Arts. He has worked in local and central government and led the Cabinet Office Team that wrote the Government’s Strategy for Quality of Place

London - the most English of cities?

London is often seen as separate and aloof from England. But there’s a more complex story about its culture, which gives clues about how the capital could help address the nation’s discontent.

By Ben Rogers

/ 29 Apr 2019

Let's not be shy about beauty

The Tories should rediscover their pre-crash aspiration to "beauty" in planning and architecture, even if most new developments are destined to fall short of this elusive ideal

By Ben Rogers

/ 19 Nov 2010

A Big Society needs republican values

Instead of rejecting the Conservatives' Big Society outright, the left should endorse its values but argue that the state has an important role to play in fostering them.

By Ben Rogers

/ 30 Sep 2010

Citizen assemblies: radical common sense

An innovative way of involving citizens in public, democratic deliberation is spreading, says Ben Rogers. What can Britain's political system do to win back legitimacy? The question takes

By Ben Rogers

/ 15 Nov 2006

Courtroom shake-up

Democracy is destined to disappoint. The space between theory and practice is often an affront to anyone with a hint of idealism in them. The courts are a case in

By Ben Rogers

/ 22 Sep 2005