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Pulse Check - July 2025

Little public support for doctors strikes
30 July 2025
Society

New research reveals 3 in 5 UK adults who have ever experienced loneliness have never opened up about it

The Marmalade Trust - Ipsos survey found that 61% of UK adults who have ever personally experienced feelings of loneliness have never told anyone they are feel lonely.
30 July 2025
Society

Iraq War

Two years on from the Iraq War, MORI's latest research shows that the number of people disapproving of the Prime Minister's handling of Iraq outweighs the number approving by more than two to one.
21 March 2005
Society

Voting And 'The Perception Gap'

In the run-up to the general election, surveys of British opinion have been showing a "perception gap" over public services — a divergence between the personal experience people report and their views of the trend in the quality of services generally.
18 March 2005
Society

Asian Nations Share British Concern For Animals

Concern for the welfare and protection of animals is an issue felt strongly in Asian countries as well as here in Britain, according to a MORI survey.
16 March 2005
Society

Action On Paedophile Websites

The public is strongly in favour of monitoring or blocking access to child-abuse and paedophile websites. According to a MORI survey conducted for StreamShield, 90% of people would support the blocking of access to such websites — either voluntarily by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or enforced by Government regulation.
16 March 2005
Society

Trust In Official Statistics

MORI's study for the Statistics Commission shows that key opinion formers believe the quality of UK official statistics is up with the best in the world. Much of the criticism of official statistics is seen as unwarranted — a result of the blame culture that exists in today's political climate, and the lack of trust in government generally.
16 March 2005
Society

e-Democracy — Local Authority Experience

e-Democracy is a relatively new undertaking for many councils according to research carried out by the MORI Social Research Institute on behalf of the Local e-Democracy National Project. Only one in five (19%) so far have a written e-democracy strategy in place, although a further third (36%) do have plans to draw up a strategy. Whilst there is a great deal of interest in harnessing the potential of technology, there is a wide divergence amongst local authorities in terms of current practice and the level of investment in e-democracy. There is also a significant gap between what is available offline and what has been made available online.
15 March 2005
Society

e-Citizen &#8212 Demand For e-Government

There is unmet demand for e-Government services in England according to research carried out by the MORI Social Research Institute for the e-Citizen National Project. In particular there are two key groups of citizens who show potential interest in using e-Government services. These groups have been identified using advanced statistical analysis of data from a survey of 4,100 citizens conducted on the MORI Omnibus.
15 March 2005
Society

UK Public Is Largely Positive About Science

A MORI report for the government's Office of Science and Technology, Department for Trade and Industry on "Science in Society" was released today by Patricia Hewitt, Trade and Industry Secretary, who called for greater engagement and dialogue to help the UK retain its position as the best place in the world for science.
14 March 2005