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Closing The Gaps
Crime has fallen, but people don't believe it - and they've lost confidence in the government. This report looks at the reasons for this "perception gap" and what we can do to close it.
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Blair's Britain: The Social & Cultural Legacy
Social and cultural trends in Britain 1997-2007 and what they mean for the future
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End Of Year Review 2007
The Ipsos 2007 Review, covers some of the key findings from our research for a wide range of government departments and businesses.
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Road Pricing At The Crossroads
This paper sets out what we already know about public attitudes towards road pricing schemes placed in the context of attitudes towards public and private transport. We go on to present our new survey data and show how it indicates that clear communication of the benefits of road pricing and the revenues it raises can go a long way to winning support for a policy which is initially greeted with much disapproval.
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Young People and British Identity
Ipsos was commissioned by The Camelot Foundation to conduct research among young people, aged 16 to 21 years, on the meaning of Britishness as a national identity.
The study has been commissioned to bring to the debate young people's perspectives on what a national identity means to them, the relevance it has to their lives and its currency in present day culture. -
Socio-Political Influencers
This report contains the key findings of a research study carried out by Ipsos's Participation Unit to explore theories of influence and consequently to identify a more
meaningful Socio-political Influencer group. It brings together our wealth of data on political activism and places it in the broader context of literature exploring the role of influence in the private and public sectors, in order to understand how a small group of people may have a vital impact on public policy. -
Anti-Social Behaviour
This report is the first to map how anti-social behaviour is perceived at a local level across all parts of England and how these views are changing over time. Tailored analysis enables us to identify where perceptions are not as we might expect; in some areas perceptions of anti-social behaviour are better than we would predict, in others they are worse.
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What works in community cohesion
The Commission on Integration and Cohesion (CIC) was established in August 2006 as a fixed-term body (reporting in June 2007), charged with deepening an understanding of community cohesion issues and relevant policy approaches, and developing practical approaches to support community cohesion in local areas.
This research study was commissioned to contribute to the ongoing work of Communities and Local Government and the Commission. It seeks to help understand `what works' in terms of cohesion policy and initiatives by investigating policy and practice in six case-study areas. -
End Of Year Review 2006
Ipsos end of year review covering the main political issues of 2006. This was the year when the government struggled on with public service reform, but hit new lows in terms of public confidence in the NHS (despite levels of satisfaction with actual treatments remaining higher than before). It was a year when, for the first time ever, race and immigration became the key issues that Britons saw facing the country. A year when ratings of both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition fell. A year when, compared to the rest of the G6 countries, Britons were the most negative about their government's handling of crime.
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Ingredients for Community Engagement
The report examine different approaches to engagement being used and assesses what works and under which circumstances and to identify transferable features, or ingredients, that can be applied to different policy developments/areas.