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Voting And 'The Perception Gap'
In the run-up to the general election, surveys of British opinion have been showing a "perception gap" over public services — a divergence between the personal experience people report and their views of the trend in the quality of services generally.
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Trust In Official Statistics
MORI's study for the Statistics Commission shows that key opinion formers believe the quality of UK official statistics is up with the best in the world. Much of the criticism of official statistics is seen as unwarranted — a result of the blame culture that exists in today's political climate, and the lack of trust in government generally.
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Doctors Top Public Opinion Poll On Trustworthy Professions
Doctors come out on top in the annual MORI poll that asks members of the public whom they trust to tell the truth, according to results released today (10/3/05) by the British Medical Association (BMA). Nine in ten say that they trust doctors to tell the truth.
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Audit Of Political Engagement
A new report published today shows that whilst most people have a strong aspiration to have a say in how the country is run, many doubt that political participation is the best way to do so. According to research conducted by MORI for The Electoral Commission and Hansard Society's second annual Audit of political engagement, two-thirds of the public (67%) want to have a say in how the country is run, but only 27% at the moment feel that they do have a say.
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Support For Smoking Ban
According to the results of the first MORI Scotland 'Edinburgh Survey', over half (58%) of Edinburgh residents support a ban on smoking in public places such as pubs and bars. By contrast, around a quarter (28%) would oppose a ban.
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Living In Edinburgh
The vast majority of Edinburgh residents are satisfied the city as a whole as a place to live — in fact, half say they are 'very satisfied'. The level of satisfaction with life in Edinburgh is equally high across all ages, levels of income and areas of the city, although is slightly lower among those renting from a Housing Association (75%).
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Attitudes To Growing Older
The importance of having family and friends around, and being able to live independently, increases with age according to new research from the MORI Social Research Institute. The project also shows that being financially comfortable becomes less important as one grows older.
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Ipsos Scotland: the first ten years 1995-2005
This report provides a taster of the scope of the research
conducted by Ipsos Scotland over the past ten years )1995-2005). -
Public Want NHS Decisions To Be Independent From Politicians
MPs and local councillors should not be involved in decisions about which treatments should be funded by the NHS, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos for the NHS Confederation. Only a small proportion of the public (9%) think MPs should be part of the decision making process. Even fewer people (6%) think local councillors should have a say.