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MORI Political Monitor September
MORI's monthly Political Monitor, conducted for The Observer, between 10 and 14 September shows that the Conservatives have one point lead over Labour among those who say they are certain to vote in an immediate General Election. This is the first time since July 2002 that MORI's Political Monitor has shown a Conservative lead.
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Public Attitudes Towards Buses
A nationwide survey was carried out by MORI on behalf of Lexington Communications for SEIU and T&G. The survey covered usage of local bus services and attitudes towards different aspects of bus services. The topline findings of the survey are printed below:
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Business Views On New Legislation
New research carried out by MORI, on behalf of Corporate Edge, shows NGOs and CSR experts are highly supportive of proposed Operating and Financial Review (OFR) legislation, while institutional investors, the intended audience for the proposed report, still need convincing.
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Where Have All The Voters Gone?
The decline of turnout in British elections in the last few years has created something approaching a panic in the political establishment and has left the Electoral Commission and other interested bodies with an acute problem in political marketing. What has resulted is both the commissioning of research to explore the reasons for non-voting and a rash of suggested solutions. This paper discusses newly-published evidence about the way the public views voting and how this is related to other attitudinal and behavioural characteristics commonly treated collectively as components of "activism" or "good citizenship". It also considers the implications of these and other findings for some of the suggested solutions to the turnout problem.
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Transport Journalists Say Integrate Track With Train
The Government should shy away from policies that would expand Britain's motorways, and concentrate on rail and air links — according to new research by MORI among the country's top transport journalists.
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Voters Rate Tory Leader's Performance As Worse Than Kinnock's
Michael Howard is struggling to make his mark with the electorate. But failing, so far, to engage floating voters. The election is likely to be called next April, just nine months away, for a 5th May election day.
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Attitudes To Public Services Reform
British people want to see reform in public services, but have mixed views on choice, according to new research from MORI Social Research Institute. The survey, for the Radio 4 'Today' programme, shows that when asked to choose between two policy statements, more than half (53%) of British people preferred the statement 'Paying more taxes to ensure a good quality hospital near your home'. Meanwhile, just over two in five (43%) opted for the statement 'Having no increase in taxes but a choice of receiving treatment in a hospital anywhere in the country'.
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GM Food: Public Opinion
As the Government moves towards a decision about whether GM crops should be grown commercially in Britain, a survey by MORI for the University of East Anglia shows how the British public feel about GM food and crops.
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UEA - GM Food Final Topline
For some questions where we have split the sample, we were trying to test the effect of providing respondents with additional information. For instance, QB1 and QB2 are identical statements, except the former had "in the same way as the private sector does" in the statement. As the results below illustrate, mentioning the private sector in this way does not have a statistically significant impact on public opinion. Similarly, by reading out two sides of the argument about the use of providing a subsidy for private healthcare or schooling (see questions 5-8) does not seem to have a statistical impact on public opinion. As well as providing the results for each split sample, we have also combined the results for ease of reference.
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Life satisfaction and trust in other people
This report looks at two very current issues in social policy life satisfaction and trust in others. These issues link into a number of debates, particularly how we measure the progress and impact of policy in a more rounded way and how we can reverse the apparent decline in feelings of community cohesion and citizenship.