Blog: The Chancellor's Autumn Statement: Reasons He'll Be Cheerful?
As Chancellor George Osborne's delivers his Autumn statement, Bobby Duffy, MD of our Social Research Institue, looks at the challenges facing the Government.
The research, by Ipsos, the Policy Institute at King’s College London, and UK in a Changing Europe, compares attitudes today with those in 2016 and at various points since, as well as revealing public opinion on the future shape of the UK-EU relationship and how different policy pledges on the EU could help or hinder the Labour government’s chances at the next general election.
New polling data from Ipsos shows that a majority of people across Great Britain do not know their own blood type, while widespread misconceptions exist regarding the specific rules and eligibility criteria for blood donation.
58% of likely voters in a hypothetical future referendum would back rejoining the bloc, with almost half (49%) of the public supporting a new referendum after the next General Election.
