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• Politics Survey

  General Election 2001 - Election Digest

  Election Commentary - Votes and Seats
  First campaign poll finds widening gap
  Key public services deemed worse than in 1997
  NOP/Daily Express election survey
  Capital's business executives rate PM and Chancellor above Shadow counterparts
  Pundits predict 143-seat majority
  Voting Intentions in Scotland

  09.05.01
• Economy Survey

  South East Top For Internet And Phone Banking

  But only minority happy to give up visiting their local branch

  09.05.01
• Politics Survey

  Read The Shares, Not The Gap

  Two polls, both by NOP, are the first out of the gate in the general election. We can draw some lessons from how they are reported.

  09.05.01
• Politics Survey

  General Election 2001

  Opinion polls measure the electorate's intentions in votes, not in seats. We can — if nothing goes wrong — measure voting intention percentages directly, and would hope to be accurate within our margins of error. But projecting the number of seats that a given share of the votes would give, although it produces a better headline, involves much greater uncertainties, and we rarely have the information we need to produce such figures with anything approaching precision.

  09.05.01
• Politics Survey

  General Election 2001 - Election Digest

  Election Commentary - And They're Off...
  Canvass Leaks Suggests Election Downturn for Tories
  Two Negatives, but still positive for Labour
  NOP/Powerhouse Poll: Tories Up

  08.05.01

• 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

  General Election 2001

  The election begins with the most recently published polls* by all the companies showing Labour's lead over the Tories slightly lower than was the case before the election was called in 1997:

  08.05.01
• Education Survey

  Give Students Back Grants, Urge Voters

  Voters are unhappy with tuition fees and the scrapping of student grants, according to two MORI polls conducted for The THES in March and April this year.

  04.05.01
• Politics Survey

  Low Turnout: Who Loses?

  In last week's column I set out some of the evidence that suggests that the turnout in the forthcoming election may be even lower than in 1997. However, one aspect that I didn't address was the political impact of a low turnout.

  04.05.01
• Economy Survey

  UK and German Businesses Bring In The E-Business Experts For Ongoing Success

  Outsourcing elements of e-business initiatives is a critical factor in the ongoing success of European businesses.

  02.05.01
• Economy Survey

  UK and German Businesses See 'Looking Good' As Key Benefit Of E-Business

  The development of a progressive image is seen as the main benefit of e-business, according to UK and German businesses, more so than improved customer relations or reductions in overheads.

  02.05.01
• Politics Survey

  Election Postponement Poll

  Vote intention poll for the Sun, following delay to 2001 general election.

  02.05.01