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Cognitive testing of the questionnaire developed for the 2011 Census
Between 2007 and 2010, on behalf of the Scottish Government and General Register Office for Scotland (GROS), we conducted a series of studies testing a range of questions that had been developed for Scotland's Census 2011.
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Understanding Society - Winter 2009 - Swedish services for US taxes
Public services have improved considerably in recent years but, as we know, the public response to this is often to quickly `bank' any improvements and then raise their expectations once again. Meeting - and managing - these expectations is only going to become more important as tighter budgets require services to focus on the priorities that really matter.
The winter edition of Understanding Society, the newsletter from Ipsos's Social Research Institute, considers some of the ways in which central and local government can respond to the challenge of continuing to meet public expectations when public finances face their tightest squeeze for decades. -
Captains of industry are confident about the future of their business, but not government economic policy
Ipsos's annual Captains of Industry survey shows that business leaders are optimistic about 2010 but lack confidence in government policy.
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Looking Back: 1979 - Labour Doomed
In the run-up to the 1979 General Election, Labour's Prime Minister James Callaghan lost the election in the "Winter of Discontent". Is Brown doomed to defeat in 2010?
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The Voice of Britain: 1969 - 2009
As next year's election approaches, Ipsos is now republishing on its website some long-forgotten polls from the run-up to the 1979 election.
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Middle England swings to the Conservatives as economic optimism falls
Ipsos's December Political Monitor shows a swing back to the Conservatives following the PBR.
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Worcester's Weblog: PBR Sinks Labour
Is fear of the Cameron/Osborne team enough to energise the Labour reluctants? says Sir Robert Worcester
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Ipsos December 2009 Political Monitor
Ipsos's December Political Monitor shows a swing back to the Conservatives following the PBR.
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Public Opinions on Assisted Suicide
New research, conducted by Ipsos for Dignity in Dying, investigates the both the public's opinion on the current law governing assisted suicide, as well as the opinions of MPs on whether doctors who assist terminally ill, but mentally competent, adult patients to die should be prosecuted.
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Ipsos rewarded for cutting edge research
At the high point of the year for the research industry, Ipsos was last night presented with the MRS Award for Research in the Financial Sector in recognition of its industry leading innovation.