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Despite pressures facing young families today, most parents take precious moments to play with their babies
Read the findings from the first report from the Children of the 2020s study - the first national long-term study of babies in over two decades - published today by the UK Department for Education and led by University College London in partnership with Ipsos and the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and Birkbeck, University of London.
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Eight in ten Britons say public services have got worse over the past 5 years
The latest Ipsos Political Monitor reveals that 75% of Britons disagree that in the long term the government’s policies will improve the state of Britain’s public services
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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 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 the NHS
The NHS is currently facing significant pressures due to various challenges which will further escalate in the future if unaddressed. Additional funding and evolving NHS services are necessary remedies, as are the greater use of technology and measures to retain staff. But it’s also important to take action on areas outside of the NHS’s control like social care and the social determinants of health. Policy-making for the NHS should adopt a long-term approach, grounded in evidence and incorporating the perspectives of patients, the public and NHS staff in a meaningful way, to ensure that long-term investments are sustainable.
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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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First Life in the UK Index identifies wellbeing gap between young and old
A new landmark Life in the UK Index study from Carnegie UK and Ipsos finds democratic wellbeing is in crisis.
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Public increasingly see politicians as stoking culture wars, study finds
The research findings, by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Ipsos, reveal six in 10 people now agree politicians invent or exaggerate culture wars as a political tactic.
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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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New Ipsos research for Black History Month shows appetite for education on Black British History
The majority of Brits know relatively little about the role of Black people in British history, according to an Ipsos survey for Black History Month.