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People Willing To Pay To Improve Transport, Says Major CfIT Survey
Transport is now the most important local issue across the country with people looking for radical solutions funded by higher public investment, according to one of the country's largest transport surveys published today by the Commission for Integrated Transport.
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70% of Britain Fears US-Driven Arms Race
A majority of the British public believes that America's controversial plan to build a missile defence system will start a new arms race, make nuclear disarmament harder to achieve, and may even make the United Kingdom a military target, according to a new opinion poll.*
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Study Shows Debt As A Recipe For Family Friction
New Research Reveals Conflict In Families Between Saving And Debt - And Highlights Problem Of Britain's Debt Culture
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Only 1 in 9 Thinks Private Sector Will Improve Public Services
Only 1 in 9 voters believes extending private sector involvement will improve public services, according to a new opinion poll.
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Britons Live In Sin Because It's Cheaper Than The Alternative!
Money (or the lack of it) is partly to blame for the number of cohabiting couples according to recent research from the Association of Investment Trust Companies ("AITC"). When questioned over half of young couples living together said it was the cost of getting married that deterred them from tying the knot.
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Healthy Old Age Is Myth For Many
A new MORI survey published today (9 July) shows that many millions of British people have unrealistic expectations of a healthy old age.
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Number Of Homes 'On-Line' Continue To Rise
Almost four million homes have connected to the Internet in the past twelve months according to Oftel's latest quarterly research published today.
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What Shy Tories?
A brief word on the importance of the low turnout and its effect on the polls. MORI's final poll projection for The Times was Conservative 30%, Labour 45%, Liberal Democrat 18%; the "poll of polls" (average of all the companies' polls conducted during the final week) was Conservative 31%, Labour 45% and Liberal Democrats 18%. Both close to the final result (32.7%:42.0%:18.8%), and within the standard 3% margin of error for all parties - though, naturally, we would like it to be even closer.