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• Sports Survey

  Sports Facilities In Edinburgh

  A telephone survey among a representative sample of the Edinburgh population to assess city-wide opinion regarding major sports developments in the city.

  01.05.07
• Politics Survey

  Attitudes Towards The Budget And Gordon Brown

  Ipsos's post-Budget survey shows that the proportion of voters satisfied with the way Gordon Brown is doing his job as Chancellor has fallen by ten percentage points since December (32% vs 42%).

  30.04.07
• Politics Survey

  Ipsos Political Monitor April 2007

  Ipsos's April Political Monitor shows the Conservatives leading Labour by seven points (38% vs. 31%). Ipsos has not consistently measured a Conservative lead of this size since 1992.

  30.04.07
• Politics Survey

  Death Penalty - International Poll

  The death penalty is a considerably more divisive issue in Britain today than in other major countries in Western Europe or North America, a new Associated Press International Affairs poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs has revealed.

  26.04.07
• Politics Survey

  Tax and Public Services

  Q If the Tories were to win the next General Election, do you think the overall level of taxation would be ...?
  Q If the Tories were to win the next General Election, do you think that public services would ...?

  23.04.07

• Pulse Check

  Pulse Check delivers key insights from Ipsos' Political Monitor, Political Pulse, and Public Services data, along with reactive polling, to help you navigate the evolving political landscape.

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• Politics Survey

  Political Commentary - Will May 3rd Be A Dreich Day For Labour In Scotland?

  According to political folklore, the results of general elections are dependent on the weather. If polling day is cold, wet and grey — a dreich day as us Scots would say — it was long assumed that the Conservatives would benefit. Their supporters, the argument went, were more likely than Labour's supporters to brave the weather. A forecast of warmth and sunshine, in contrast, was seen as a positive omen for Labour's fortunes.

  17.04.07
• Politics Survey

  Political Commentary - The 'Falklands Factor' Revisited

  A number of events, commemorations and television programmes have recently marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands islands. Received wisdom seems to have it that the "Falklands Factor" was the political making of Margaret Thatcher, but data from the Ipsos Public Affairs Archive says something quite different.

  10.04.07
• Economy Survey

  Business Partnerships Survey

  Public private partnerships are an increasingly significant part of the UK economy (HM Treasury reports ?46Bn already spent with ?26Bn more to be invested by 2010) but historically the management of these projects has been beset by stories of conflict and overrun. In December 2006, Ipsos carried out a survey on behalf of Socia to question Directors of organisations who are involved in these partnerships to find the lessons that must be learned from their experience.

  30.03.07
• Public Health Survey

  National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 4

  Since the beginning of 2006, patients have been entitled to a choice of four or more hospitals when referred by their GP. The Department of Health commissioned Ipsos to undertake a regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy.

  29.03.07
• Politics Survey

  Ipsos Political Monitor March 2007

  Ipsos's March voting intention findings, carried out face-to-face between 9-15 March amongst 1,983 British adults aged 18+, show the Conservative Party eight points ahead of Labour amongst those who say they are absolutely certain to vote.

  28.03.07
• Economy Survey

  Small Business Jury Is Out On Brown's Budget

  UK small businesses have been left in two minds on the implications of the Chancellor's swan song Budget. Less than a third (30%) think it will be good or fairly good for business, while 16 per cent feel that it would be fairly bad.

  27.03.07