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Nearly two in five women aged 18 to 24 experienced economic abuse from a partner or ex-partner over the past 12 months
For International Women’s Day 2025, there has been a spotlight on the risks of economic abuse faced by younger women in the UK.
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Can Labour deliver? Public services face inequality crisis
Ipsos’ annual ‘Understanding Society’ report “Putting the Place into Public Services” utilises 8 MRP (Multilevel Regression and Poststratification) models to understand public perceptions of key services in every local authority area across the UK, including health services, policing, public transport, and education, as well as housing, jobs, and overall quality of life and community cohesion.
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International Women's Day: Spotlight Projects in Public Affairs
To celebrate International Women's Day across Public Affairs, we wanted to explore various policy areas and projects completed over the past year and put spotlight on how they are able to contribute towards this year's theme of 'Accelerating Action'.
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Public critical of Scottish Government’s record but aren’t convinced that Labour would do a better job
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s favourability ratings are the lowest Ipsos has measured for either politician since this polling series began in October 2022.
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7 in 10 Scots hold unfavourable opinion of Donald Trump and Elon Musk
71% of the Scottish public hold an unfavourable opinion of US President Donald Trump. A similar proportion – 70% - have an unfavourable view of Elon Musk.
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Just one in three Britons can correctly identify the location of the Chagos Islands
33% of Britons can correctly identify the location of the Chagos Islands when given a series of options on a map – 45% say they don’t know where they are.
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6 in 10 Britons believe shoplifting has risen over the past year, half believe drug related crime has increased
Over half of Britons (59%) believe shoplifting has increased in their local area in the past 12 months.
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Britons Divided on AI's Impact as UK Government Aims for Global Leadership
Three in ten (29%) believe AI will have a positive impact, while 26% say anticipate a negative impact (23% no difference).
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Easier access to GP practice appointments is now the public’s top priority for the NHS, overtaking resolving staffing issues
The public’s priorities for the NHS have shifted since May 2024. For the first time, making it easier to get appointments at GP practices is the public’s top priority for the NHS (38%). This is followed by improving waiting times for A&E (33%), reducing the number of staff leaving the NHS by improving working conditions (29%) and reducing waste and improving the efficiency of NHS services (29%).
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More Britons favourable towards Nigel Farage than Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey
Three in ten are favourable towards Farage, 46% unfavourable.