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Economist/Ipsos February 2014 Issues Index
The February Economist/Ipsos issues index shows that, after January's dead heat between the economy and race/immigration concern about the latter has fallen by 7 percentage points to 34%, meaning that the economy is once again uncontested as the most important issue facing Britain today.
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Economic optimism at highest since 1997 as Cameron opens up lead over Miliband on dealing with the economy and unemployment
The February Ipsos Political Monitor records the public's economic optimism at its highest since May 1997 when Tony Blair and New Labour had just moved into Downing Street
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Trade unions seen as essential, though not as powerful as in the 1970s and 80s
A new Ipsos poll shows that most Britons believe trade unions are essential to protect workers' interests, although some have concerns about their links to the Labour Party.
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Economist/Ipsos January 2014 Issues Index
The first Economist/Ipsos issues index of 2014 shows that concern about race relations/immigration has increased to become, jointly with the economy, the most important issue facing Britain
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2013 Economist/Ipsos Aggregate Issues Index data
Ipsos's aggregated data from all 12 months of our Issues Index surveys, with the top 10 most important issues (along with EU/Europe) broken down by gender, by age, ethnicity, social class and by voting intention. This is based on a total of more than 10,000 interviews, aggregated from the 12 individual polls.
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Economist/Ipsos December 2013 Issues Index
This is the smallest gap between the top and second issues facing Britain, and the lowest concern about the economy since 2008.
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Britons less likely to say they're materialistic than most other countries
A major Ipsos survey of over 16,000 people across 20 countries shows that the British public are among the least likely to see themselves as materialistic.
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Economist/Ipsos November 2013 Issues Index
In this month's Issues Index for The Economist, we have recorded the highest ever concern about both poverty/inequality and low pay/fair wages.
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Police and Crime Commissioners: one year on
Research Director, Ashley Ames discusses whether the public are aware of Police and Crime Commissioners and their role, one year on from the inaugural elections.
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Half of Britons feel no benefit of economic growth
The latest Ipsos Political Monitor shows that half of Britons feel the recent economic upturn has had no impact on their standard of living (48%). Just one in seven (14%) say it has had a great deal/fair amount of impact.