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Immigration rises up Britons’ key concerns but economic worries still top the agenda
Economy and inflation remain the pre-eminent concerns facing the country according to the March 2023 Ipsos Issues Index survey of attitudes to issues concerning Britain.
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Ipsos Financial Wellbeing Tracker shows decline in worry about household finances – though stark societal divides remain
While still almost half (45%) of Brits are worried about their own personal financial situation, this is down from 63% in September 2022.
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NHS waiting lists - the other reason over 50s are withdrawing from the workforce
In the Chancellor's new budget, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on the increasing number of over-50s leaving the workforce. This has led to a number of policies aimed at enticing this population back to work – including the much-lauded policies around raising the cap on interest free pension draw-down. However, this is not addressing one of the key reasons for people leaving the workforce – increasing NHS waiting lists.
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Global happiness up six points since last year: 73% now say they are happy
Brits say are less happy than they were in December 2021 with 70% of participants saying they are very or rather happy while 83% said they were happy in December 2021 and 79% said they were happy in December 2011.
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1 in 3 support strikes by railway workers, lagging behind support for nurses, ambulance workers and junior doctors
A new UK poll from Ipsos finds support for striking railway workers as 32% while 60% support nurses, 58% support ambulance workers and 51% support junior doctors.
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Britons still more concerned than reassured post-Budget for the economy, public services and their own finances – but less worried than after Autumn Statement
Labour maintains small lead as most trusted on the economy according to an Ipsos poll conducted after Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget.
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The British public think improving the NHS is the most important of Keir Starmer’s 5 missions
A new Ipsos poll explores public opinion of Keir Starmer's 5 missions.
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Trust in the Conservatives on immigration and asylum improves, though most still lack confidence
Around 1 in 3 trust the Conservatives on asylum and immigration policies, and Channel migrant crossings, and 4 in 10 trust them on making it harder to enter the country illegally, all up since February
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Forbes leads as the public’s preferred next First Minister, but Yousaf and Forbes are neck and neck among SNP voters
A new Ipsos KnowledgePanel poll for Channel 4 News finds that SNP voters are just as likely to say Humza Yousaf would make the best First Minister as to say Kate Forbes would.