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Britain - A Compassionate Society?
A new MORI survey has found most British adults think we are less caring as a society than a decade ago, despite 92% describing themselves as compassionate.
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Residents' Views On Airport Expansion
More than half the residents in the local communities around Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted say they support a new runway at the airport nearest to them, according to a new MORI survey.
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Workplace Discrimination — Topline Results
Q1 What type of organisation do you work for (if unemployed, please answer for your most recent employment)?
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Workplace Discrimination
Age is the largest determinant of whether a person is likely to be ill-treated in the workplace, according to new research from MORI. The survey — Diversity Matters — conducted for The Guardian and TMP Worldwide, shows nearly a quarter (23%) of British employees claim to have fallen victim to discrimination, bullying or harassment at work. This rises to 37% of older workers (over 55s). Ill treatment because of age is higher than that due to gender, race or sexuality, and is marginally higher than that because of disability.
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Seven In Ten Members Of The Public Support The Use Of Embryos For Medical Research
Around 70% of the British public support the use of human embryos for medical research to find treatments for serious diseases and for fertility research. Over half of adults feel that the use of human embryos for medical research is only acceptable to find treatments for serious diseases and for fertility research, but not for most other types of research. Further, one in six feel the use of human embryos is always acceptable for all types of medical research.
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One In Five 'Stones Overweight'
One in five British people (18%) say they are currently two stones (women)/three stones (men) or more overweight, and a further 10% say they have been in the past but are not now, according to new research from MORI.
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Consuming Passions
For many years I've been an interested observer of people power. Who are the 'movers and shakers' of British Society? What is their profile, how do they influence others, and what do they read. My first exposition of this interest was in 1972, when the long lamented magazine New Society printed an early article of mine, "The Hidden Activist", which examined what I termed the socio-political activists (S-PAs) in Britain who I defined as that c. 10% of the public who tended by their actions to stand out from the crowd, to be elected officers of clubs or groups, make speeches and write letters to editors, stand for public office and otherwise take part in an active way in order to influence the course of British political events.
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Trusting The Politicians
The publication of the Prime Minister's dossier on Iraq seems to have had little effect in swinging public opinion according to our poll for ITV News.
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Life after a lottery win
Around seven in 10 Lotto winners (71%) say they are happier now than before their win, while a further three in 10 winners (28%) say they are just as happy as before their win.
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Home Insecurity Faced By Millions Due To Cash Crisis
A new report published by Shelter includes MORI Social Research Institute poll findings that, of those who pay for their housing, 43 per cent have worried about or been unable to pay their rent or mortgage, representing almost 11 million people.