News & Events

Half say Labour is doing a bad job at delivering a mission-led government

While Labour leads as the party seen as most likely to achieve its missions to improve the NHS and break down barriers to opportunity, Reform UK leads on “taking back our streets”, and the Greens on clean energy.

Half of Britons say that Keir Starmer has changed Britain for the worse

Almost two-thirds (64%) say that the country is going in the wrong direction.

Study Shows Debt As A Recipe For Family Friction

New Research Reveals Conflict In Families Between Saving And Debt - And Highlights Problem Of Britain's Debt Culture

Only 1 in 9 Thinks Private Sector Will Improve Public Services

Only 1 in 9 voters believes extending private sector involvement will improve public services, according to a new opinion poll.

Britons Live In Sin Because It's Cheaper Than The Alternative!

Money (or the lack of it) is partly to blame for the number of cohabiting couples according to recent research from the Association of Investment Trust Companies ("AITC"). When questioned over half of young couples living together said it was the cost of getting married that deterred them from tying the knot.

Number Of Homes 'On-Line' Continue To Rise

Almost four million homes have connected to the Internet in the past twelve months according to Oftel's latest quarterly research published today.

Healthy Old Age Is Myth For Many

A new MORI survey published today (9 July) shows that many millions of British people have unrealistic expectations of a healthy old age.

What Shy Tories?

A brief word on the importance of the low turnout and its effect on the polls. MORI's final poll projection for The Times was Conservative 30%, Labour 45%, Liberal Democrat 18%; the "poll of polls" (average of all the companies' polls conducted during the final week) was Conservative 31%, Labour 45% and Liberal Democrats 18%. Both close to the final result (32.7%:42.0%:18.8%), and within the standard 3% margin of error for all parties - though, naturally, we would like it to be even closer.

Knowledge About and Interest In The Election Campaign

Impressions of the Election Campaign