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Understanding Society - Winter 2009 - Swedish services for US taxes
Public services have improved considerably in recent years but, as we know, the public response to this is often to quickly `bank' any improvements and then raise their expectations once again. Meeting - and managing - these expectations is only going to become more important as tighter budgets require services to focus on the priorities that really matter.
The winter edition of Understanding Society, the newsletter from Ipsos's Social Research Institute, considers some of the ways in which central and local government can respond to the challenge of continuing to meet public expectations when public finances face their tightest squeeze for decades. -
Looking Back: 1979 - Labour Doomed
In the run-up to the 1979 General Election, Labour's Prime Minister James Callaghan lost the election in the "Winter of Discontent". Is Brown doomed to defeat in 2010?
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The Voice of Britain: 1969 - 2009
As next year's election approaches, Ipsos is now republishing on its website some long-forgotten polls from the run-up to the 1979 election.
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Worcester's Weblog: PBR Sinks Labour
Is fear of the Cameron/Osborne team enough to energise the Labour reluctants? says Sir Robert Worcester
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Ipsos December 2009 Political Monitor
Ipsos's December Political Monitor shows a swing back to the Conservatives following the PBR.
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Public Opinions on Assisted Suicide
New research, conducted by Ipsos for Dignity in Dying, investigates the both the public's opinion on the current law governing assisted suicide, as well as the opinions of MPs on whether doctors who assist terminally ill, but mentally competent, adult patients to die should be prosecuted.
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Home Appreciation Loan: Market and Product Analysis
Ipsos, in collaboration with Experian and Amanda Littlewood, was commissioned by the Scottish Government to carry out research to examine the potential market for, and home owners' attitudes towards, the proposed Home Appreciation Loan, an equity-based lending product to help eligible owners meet the cost of repairs.
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One million give up work to care
One in six carers give up or cut back work to care and face a significant drop in income which can continue for several years, according to Ipsos research for Carers Rights Day.
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Public Attitudes to Nuclear Energy 2009
Our annual survey of the British general public on behalf of the Nuclear Industry Association has shows support for replacement nuclear newbuild is substantially unchanged at 43% and opposition is stable at 19%.
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Understanding your Stakeholders
Why is stakeholder management important? Stakeholder management has long been recognised as a central part of an organisation's effectiveness.