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Rating British Prime Ministers
Labour's first post-war Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, has been voted as the most successful British Prime Minister in the 20th century, according to a survey conducted by MORI and the University of Leeds among academics specialising in 20th century British history and politics.
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Public Satisfaction With Local Government
Ratings of local government fluctuate over time, with perceptions of the institution consistently less well regarded than individual service areas. Latest findings show signs of a potential recovery after notable declines in ratings since the late 1990s. When asked to identify reasons for satisfaction/dissatisfaction with their local authority, residents typically find it difficult to pinpoint specific reasons, highlighting the complex set of issues which underpin a council's reputation. If an authority is perceived to provide generally good quality services and good value for money, then it is highly likely to also achieve strong satisfaction ratings. Indeed, perceptions on these attributes are consistently shown to be the strongest drivers of overall satisfaction across different studies and across key sub-groups within the population.
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Sharing Home PCs
Keeping in touch using a home PC can lead to tension in the home, with 90% of home PC users who use email to keep in touch saying they argue with other family members over who gets to use the PC.
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2004 ABTA Holiday Survey
The 2004 Holiday Survey conducted by MORI for ABTA has found that the internet is now firmly established as a booking tool for holidays. One in five (19%) holidaymakers now book their package holiday online — six times the number that were doing so in the year 2000.
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Saving The World Will Have To Wait - Most Americans Need Convincing
Britons are now much more willing to take action to reduce climate change than Americans, who remain unconvinced of the need to change their behaviour, despite being the world's biggest polluter. Recent research by MORI for the Climate Group shows that Great Britain's population is more willing to consider 'acting now' to tackle climate change than is the US (63% vs 46%). By contrast, Americans are more hesitant, saying that 'wait & see' is the preferable course of action (41% vs 27% in Britain).
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Growing Pressure On Private Sector Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
According to new research conducted by MORI for the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), the rate of closure of private sector final salary schemes has slowed considerably. In the 2004 survey it is reported that 10% of such schemes have been closed in the past 12 months, a figure less than half that seen in 2003 (26%) and similar to the level of 2001. The suggestion is that most of those final salary schemes that are likely to close to new members have now done so.
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Scottish Attitudes Towards Reporting of Asylum Issues
One in two Scots do not feel that reporting of asylum issues by newspapers is fair and accurate, according to new research from MORI. The research, commissioned by Oxfam Scotland, reveals that 51% of Scottish adults disagree that most reporting of asylum issues by newspapers is fair and accurate, compared with 27% of Scots who agree that it is.
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Britishness Abroad
New research by the MORI Social Research Institute on behalf of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) indicate that the 'British sense of humour', the 'stiff upper lip' and a 'bulldog spirit' are often seen as typically 'British' characteristics. The qualitative work involves a series of focus groups in Milan, Mumbai, Chicago and King's Lynn and in-depth discussions with London correspondents to a range of foreign media.
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Attitudes to Crime & Prisons 2004
Q1 Which two or three of these do you think would do most to reduce crime in Britain?
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Attitudes To Renewable Energy In Devon
Research by MORI shows that the vast majority of Devon residents support the use of renewable energy (86%) and only a small proportion oppose it (two per cent). Support for renewable energy is reflected in high levels of support for wind power (76%) and biomass power (67%).