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The future of policing
Policing in the UK is based on 'policing by consent', but recent data shows a decrease in public approval and trust in the police in the UK. We spoke with Rick Muir, Director of The Police Foundation, about the current state of policing in the UK, the perception gap the public have on police activities and how policing can be improved. In order to restore trust in policing, our data shows that presence, fairness, accountability and meaningful engagement are integral.
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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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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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Just six in ten realise that dementia is a cause of death, new Ipsos polling for Alzheimer’s Research UK shows
In nationally representative research, carried out over 4 weeks of telephone interviews across the UK, 60% of respondents (without a dementia diagnosis) agree with the statement “dementia is a cause of death”.
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The economy and inflation remain the country’s biggest concerns, closely followed by the NHS
The economy, inflation and the NHS remain top concerns for Britons according to the October 2023 Ipsos Issues Index
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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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World Mental Health Day: 35% of Britons say they have had to take time off work due to stress in the past year
58% of Britons think about their mental wellbeing often according to an Ipsos Global Advisor Survey for World Mental Health Day 2023.
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Ipsos Update – October 2023
Education, infrastructure, healthcare… Ipsos Update explores the latest and greatest research & thinking on key topics from Ipsos teams around the world.
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Mental health is now the number one health problem, ahead of cancer and coronavirus
48% across 31 countries say the quality of the healthcare in their country is good – but the picture is inconsistent.
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Just one in ten members of the public think the government has the right policies in place for the NHS
The public’s top priorities for the NHS are to address the pressure or workload on NHS staff, increase the number of staff, and improve waiting times for routine services, according to a new Ipsos survey for the Health Foundation.