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Poverty And Poor Health Create Isolation In Older People
New MORI research commissioned by the Help the Aged British Gas partnership reveals the wide scale problem of isolation in older people in Britain today. The survey findings show the disturbing link between low incomes and poor health and the scourges of too many older people's lives - isolation and loneliness.
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Ethical Consumerism Research
Overall, value for money and the quality of products are seen as most important when purchasing. The way the company is seen to treat its employees is seen as very important by over two in five of the British public, while a third consider its impact on the environment very important. Customer service would be most likely to persuade the public to buy one product over another, when price and quality are consistent, while the brand name or image is seen as most important to those aged under 35.
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Drugs Poll
QV1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow?
(If undecided or refused at Q1)
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Swing Low Sweet William
Because of the "first-past-the-post" electoral system that we use in Britain, it is not sufficient for a party to win votes: it has to concentrate those votes in the right places so that it can win seats. This is one of the problems facing William Hague. At the last election, Conservative votes were distributed around the country far less efficiently than were Labour votes; if there is a uniform swing across the country to the Conservatives at the next election, the Tories will need to win far more votes than Labour to become even the largest party in a hung Parliament, let alone to win an overall majority.
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Joining The Euro
How likely is it that people in Britain will regularly use a single European currency and coinage in 2005, 2010, 2015?
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Girl Power - But Men Still Hold The Purse Strings!
The millennium woman may be as comfortable in the board room as she is in the kitchen, but new MORI Financial Services research commissioned by Direct Line Financial Services shows that men still rule the roost on what is bought and how it's paid for.
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Real life examples from the Charter Mark Award Scheme
Real life examples from the Charter Mark Award Scheme - consultation with users, implementing user views