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GB Financial Awareness Report
People in Great Britain are increasingly aware the state is not going to provide for their retirement or pay for their children to go to university but few appear to be taking financial steps to prepare for these key moments in life.
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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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'Blind faith' in CRM
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) schemes are proving a popular business tool, even though just one in 20 businesses (six percent) are measuring their effectiveness.
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The Environment: Who Cares?
New research by the MORI Social Research Institute has raised interesting facts about who (or what) the public feels offers the greatest threat to green spaces. Surprisingly, when pointing the finger of blame it is not local planners, politicians or pollution which are perceived as the greatest threat — but the public itself!
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Adoption: The Baby And The Bathwater
This morning's widespread press discussion of last night's Commons vote to allow adoption by unmarried couples (including same-sex couples) makes much of the political ructions that the issue has caused in the Conservative Party, but there is little reference to public opinion on the issue.The issue is not yet resolved. Separate amendments defining that a couple can be of the same sex or different sex will be voted on next week; and the final bill may still be blocked in the Lords.
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Tax And Spend
Now the dust has settled from the Chancellor's tax-raising budget, let us take the opportunity for a wider view of what we know about public attitudes to "tax and spend".
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The State Of The Economy
When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September, economic optimism in Britain fell sharply: the MORI Economic Optimism Index (EOI) in our late-September poll for The Times hit -56, its lowest level for more than twenty years. It is perhaps surprising that barely half a year later all discussion of this year's budget should be concerned with the popularity of its taxation measures and not with its macroeconomic effects.
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Nearly A Half Of Average Or Below Average Earners Have Not Heard Of Stakeholder Pensions
Research on behalf of Norwich Union, the UK's largest insurer, into stakeholder pensions shows that only just over a half of people earning between 16310,000 and 16325,000 a year say they've heard of stakeholder pensions
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Lambeth Cannabis Policing Experiment
Two surveys exploring Lambeth Police's experimental approach to dealing with cannabis possession without using arrest.
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A Quarter Of Women Drivers Are Afraid Of Being 'Carjacked'
A quarter of women drivers (25%) are afraid of being carjacked according to research published today by Direct Line. In addition half (49%) of all women admit they lock their car doors for added security when driving through town. This figure rises to 64% when they are driving at night.