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• Crime, Justice, Police Survey

  Attitudes To Illegal Drugs

  Two-thirds of Britons believe that drug laws are not tough enough, according to a MORI survey on attitudes to illegal drugs for the Police Foundation. Almost the same proportion (69%) disagree with the statement "taking drugs is a matter of personal choice and should not be against the law", with 21% taking the libertarian position.

  01.03.00
• Survey

  Out of Town Shopping Takes on the High Street - For Now

  Given the current popularity of out-of-town shopping, the High Street will need to look for new ways to compete, according to recent research from the MORI Socioconsult Monitor - a study of changing social values. Two in five British adults now claim to prefer shopping out-of-town with the same proportion saying they find it more convenient than going to the High Street.

  01.03.00
• Family Survey

  Politics & Citizenship? Young People Don't Want To Play

  Young people are turned off by government, citizenship and community. This is revealed today by authors Madsen Pirie and Sir Robert Worcester who unveil the third in their series of reports covering the attitudes and aspirations of young people. Their previous work, The Millennial Generation and The Next Leaders, revealed an ambitious and self-confident generation. Their new work, entitled The Big Turn-Off, is published today by the free market Adam Smith Institute. Based on MORI polls conducted among young people over a 20 month period, it examines their attitudes to government, citizenship and community.

  29.02.00
• Education Survey

  The State Of School PE

  Results from a comprehensive survey on young people and sport commissioned by Sport England have revealed the latest state of primary and secondary school PE.

  28.02.00
• Employment Survey

  IT Week: Online staff face controls

  Employee misuse of Internet access and email has reached epidemic proportions in UK companies
  In an online poll of IT Week readers, 43 percent revealed that disciplinary action had been taken against employees for contravening company email or Internet access policy.
  While reasonable personal Internet and email use is tolerated in most firms, the survey highlights employers' fears that staff are wasting time online or, worse, will land their employers in court by downloading illegal material or casually sending defamatory emails. Leaking confidential company information in emails is also a concern.
  The survey was conducted during January and February by IT Week, MORI and software security firm Elron. The findings supported those of MORI and Elron's more general survey of Internet users, which was also conducted in January.
  The two surveys suggest that the problem is exacerbated by companies not communicating what is expected of staff.
  About two-thirds of companies said they h...

  28.02.00

• 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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• Economy Survey

  Storage Area Networks Are Key To Managing The Proliferation Of Corporate Data

  Storage Now Seen as a Business Issue

  26.02.00
• Politics Survey

  Labour's Nightmayor

  In ten weeks' time, in theory, Londoners should be voting for their first directly-elected mayor. Even that is uncertain: because the House of Lords has blocked the passage of the regulations that will govern the contest, there is even the possibility that it may have to be postponed altogether. If so, it would be a final indignity in keeping with the shambles which has pervaded all aspects of the proceedings up to now.

  25.02.00
• Politics Survey

  Political Attitudes in Great Britain for February 2000

  24.02.00
• Public Health Survey

  Women's Understanding Of Cervical Cancer

  These are the findings of a new survey commissioned by Imperial Cancer Research Fund from MORI.**

  24.02.00
• Economy Survey

  Saving Money Tops Town People's Millennium Wish List

  One in three people (29 per cent) say that saving more money is their resolution for the millennium - while only one per cent of people expect to borrow more money, according to new MORI research by IFA Network.

  21.02.00
• Politics Survey

  Hit and Myth

  The Daily Telegraph's lead editorial on 14 February, argued on the basis of recent Conservative successes in local government by-elections that the Conservatives are in a much stronger position than current opinion polls suggest.

  18.02.00