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Ethical Consumerism Research
Overall, value for money and the quality of products are seen as most important when purchasing. The way the company is seen to treat its employees is seen as very important by over two in five of the British public, while a third consider its impact on the environment very important. Customer service would be most likely to persuade the public to buy one product over another, when price and quality are consistent, while the brand name or image is seen as most important to those aged under 35.
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Lessons from Denmark
Denmark's vote in a referendum not to join the European Single Currency should be a reminder to Tony Blair and his colleagues, if one were needed, of the scale of the task facing them in winning a future referendum to secure British participation in the Euro. When Prime Minister Rasmussen called the referendum he was well ahead in the opinion polls, and, anyway, all the major Danish political parties were in favour. Much of the Danish media was broadly sympathetic. Danish businesses almost unanimously thought it was a good idea. The polls indicated that on occasions over the past few months the "Yes" campaign was well ahead in public support, though the public also swung in the other direction on occasions as well. Yet Denmark said "Nej".
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Parents Have A Vital Role In Boosting Standards In Education - Blair And Blunkett
As parents send their children back-to-school Prime Minister Tony Blair and Secretary of State for Education and Employment David Blunkett joined forces to underline the vital role of parents as children's primary educators.
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Report Card
Across the country as I write, schoolchildren are receiving the examination results that assess their performance over the last couple of years in each of the subjects. (Well, except in Scotland, but that is a different story.) It seems an appropriate point at which to draw up a similar report card for the government. In which policy areas does the public feel it has passed, and in which has it failed? Or rather, since "value added" seems to be the preferred benchmark these days, in which policy areas has it improved its standing since it was elected, and in which has it lost out? And, for those issues where the Opposition has scored hits, has the result merely been to damage Labour credibility or also to convince the electorate that the Conservatives (or, indeed, Liberal Democrats) might do a better job?
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Sport And Children - More Opportunity, Less Participation?
An overwhelming majority of adults believes that children have more opportunity to play sport than they had, but are less active. This is one of the findings of a new Nestle & acute; Family Monitor study on 'Sport and the Family' undertaken with the Youth Sport Trust.
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Transport - England's Most Important Local Issue
Commission for Integrated Transport
Chair: Professor David Begg
Vice Chair: Sir Trevor Chinn -
Revealed - Britain's Happy Homeowners
Whatever's happened to the great British reserve? We are a nation of happy homeowners - and, what's more, we're prepared to admit it.
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Challenges of the Demographic Shift
Foresight Ageing Population Panel
Consultation Event
1 Great George Street, London