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• Politics Survey

  NHS Spending and Tax Cuts

  If the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, had time to glance at the Guardian on the morning of Budget Day, perhaps as he ate the frugal breakfast the price of which he apparently had to borrow from a colleague, it might just have raised a smile. For there, in ICM's poll, the mass of the public were saying they wanted him to do very much what he was proposing to announce that he would do. Most of them wanted him to use any spare cash to help the Health Service, and more than half thought a rise in duty on tobacco was the most acceptable tax.

  24.03.00
• Politics Survey

  Labour slumps in Ayr

  So, the Conservatives have comfortably gained Ayr from Labour in the first by-election to the Scottish Parliament
  (as the polls suggested they would! - ICM/Scotsman poll, Scottish Opinion/Daily Record poll), with Labour convincingly beaten into third by the Scottish National Party, and their Liberal Democrat coalition partners slipping to fifth behind the Scottish Socialist Party. What, if anything, are the wider implications for Labour, and for the Tories?

  17.03.00
• Politics Survey

  Increasing Support In Lewis And Harris For Sunday Sailings And Air Links

  A poll conducted by MORI Scotland for BBC Scotland's Gaelic community debate series CUNNTAS (translated as "An account of…") suggests that a majority of islanders now favour the introduction of ferry and air services on Sundays. The poll shows that an overwhelming majority would like to see a local referendum on the issue.

  16.03.00
• Animal Welfare Survey

  Majority of Japanese Public Does Not Support Whaling or Consume Whale Meat

  Wide-held theory that Japanese support whaling and defend whale meat industry is disproved by leading international opinion research firm.

  14.03.00
• Economy Survey

  The Financial Services Consumer Panel Today Launched Its First Annual Report

  "This looks at how the fledgling Financial Services Authority has been performing while it is taking over as the main regulator of financial services in the UK," said Barbara Saunders, Chairman of the Financial Services Consumer Panel.

  12.03.00

• 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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• Public Health Survey

  Girls Top The Class In Mental Health Knowledge

  The National Schizophrenia Fellowship today (Monday March 12) launched new research showing that young women are more knowledgeable than men about mental health and mental illness.

  12.03.00
• Public Health Survey

  Genetics Poll Shows Public's Confusion

  An alarming 65% of adults in Britain are confused and unclear as to what is meant by the term 'gene cloning' according to a recent MORI poll on genetics and cloning commissioned by Action Research, one of the UK's leading medical charities.

  12.03.00
• Politics Survey

  Reporting the Polls - a Lot of Hot Ayr

  "POLL SHOCK: VOTERS TO GIVE DEWAR A BLOODY NOSE. LABOUR FACE AYR CRASH - EXCLUSIVE BY RON MACKENNA" screams the front page of yesterday's Daily Record, Scotland's highest circulation daily newspaper. It certainly shocked me - but it was the accuracy of the reporting, not the data in the poll (a constituency poll by Scottish Opinion Limited ahead of next week's Ayr by-election) that was disturbing.

  10.03.00
• Economy Survey

  Investors Switch To Global Titans

  Mercury Global Titans fund reaches £30m in first month

  08.03.00
• Sports Survey

  Back Seat Passengers Should Belt Up

  Approximately 8 million motorists in Great Britain are still breaking the law and putting lives at risk by not wearing seat belts in the back seat of the car. According to the new Direct Line Motoring Report, only 73% of British motorists claim they always belt up when a passenger in the back seat, despite this having been a legal requirement since 1991. 17-24 year olds are the worst offenders - only 60% of them say they would always belt up when a passenger in the back seat, compared to 82% of those aged 65 and over.

  08.03.00
• Science Survey

  7.1 Million People Now Managing Their Money On The Web

  Survey exploring online banking behaviour among the general public.

  05.03.00