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The future of AI in public services
AI has the potential to automate repetitive tasks and enhance efficiency in our public services. Using insights from Ipsos research and an interview with Dr. Jonathan Bright from The Alan Turing Institute, Daniel Cameron and Reema Patel identify different types of AI technology and their applications in the public sector. However, they also explore the challenges such as bias, lack of transparency, data privacy, and the broader social impacts facing the use of AI in this capacity.
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The future of the UK workforce
Future public services should enable people to develop skills and change career mid-life to meet the economy’s skills needs. Many people would change career and retrain but don’t know how. We discussed with Fiona Aldridge, Head of Insight at the West Midlands Combined Authority, how the WMCA Trailblazer devolution deal offered an opportunity to design solutions to integrate skills, employment, and careers services, and target funding at regional skills gaps. However, there remain national challenges for the devolution model to meet skills needs.
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The future of public services
Public services matter. Many tell us that the parties' policies on these issues are very important in helping them decide how to vote. However, Britons are feeling pessimistic about the future and the government's ability to improve public services. As parties draft their manifestos ahead of the much-speculated next general election, they will need to balance the current restraints of the public purse with an urgent need to start planning for these inevitable challenges that face the public sector.
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The future of local delivery
The UK is facing rising demands for public services and the need to address social issues like homelessness, poverty, and mental health. However, regional disparity is a major concern, with regional imbalances ranking highest among advanced economies. Dr. Eleanor Carter, Research Director, Government Outcomes Lab, joined us to discuss how place-based policy initiatives can be improved and what policy-makers should consider to fully harness the potential of place-based policy making.
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Majority support Labour’s plan to end private schools’ VAT exemption
Just under one in five (18%) oppose Labour's policy according to new Ipsos polling.
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Can Award Winning Ads be Effective?
We know that creative quality is a big driver of advertising effectiveness. Here’s how brands can turn their award-winning creative into commercial success.
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Ipsos ranks as the No. 1 most innovative insights & analytics company in the world in 2023 GRIT Top 50 suppliers list
Ipsos is proud to announce that we have retained the rank of #1 Most Innovative Market Research Company by 2023 Greenbook’s GRIT report
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21% of parents globally say their children have gone to bed hungry in the last month
A new global Ipsos study conducted on behalf of World Vision International in 16 countries reveals almost four in ten (37%) parents/guardians say their children are not getting the proper nutrients they need on a daily basis, and 21% say their children have gone to bed hungry in the last 30 days. Moreover, almost half (46%) of adults globally say they have worried about finding the money to buy food in the last 30 days, rising to 77% in low-income countries.
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Consumer Duty: A clear way forward
A holistic solution for ensuring your business can not only meet, but exceed The Consumer Duty standards.