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Worcester's Weblog - Manchester Seminar
Sir Robert Worcester discusses his recent presentation at the Methods and Models for Election Forecasting; the UK General Election of 2010 at the University of Manchester.
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New Rural Insights
While there is a contended and optimistic tone among rural residents, there is also a strong sense that the people who make the big decisions that affect their local area don't understand local needs and circumstances.
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Strengthening Local Democracy - Focus Groups
Ipsos focus groups inform Strengthening Local Democracy Consultation, answering tough questions including "do councils have the powers they need to tackle climate change?"
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Women's Representation Survey for the Government Equalities Office
Ipsos recently undertook a poll for the Government Equalities Office looking at attitudes towards women's representation in government and business.
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Scottish Public Opinion Monitor February 2010
With a general election looming, the latest results from our Scottish Opinion Monitor show that Labour has polled ahead of the SNP for the first time in six months in terms of the Westminster parliament.
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Worcester's Weblog: Like him, like his party
Sir Robert Worcester examines how floating voters are much more likely to vote based on image rather than issues.
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Mind the Gap: Frontiers of Performance in Local Government V
This report considers local circumstances when calculating performance on perceptions-based indicators, value-for-money and satisfaction with the council. It also includes an updated version of our Area Challenge Index.
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Worcester's Weblog - Too early to call?
Sir Robert Worcester calls on pundits not to jump the gun and call the election too early. In this piece he explains the numerous issues and events that could still have a dramatic effect on who the country chooses as its next government.
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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.