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National Noise Survey
A recent Ipsos survey indicates that nearly two thirds of people are bothered by noise from neighbours. The noises that disturb people most are those from everyday living - footsteps, doors slamming and shouting. The survey finds that noise from children bothers 16% of those surveyed and noise from cars and motor bikes, as well as shouting bothers 15%. The poll, commissioned by the National Society for Clean Air (NSCA) highlights neighbour noise issues affecting people across the UK at the start of Noise Action Week (see notes).
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Over One In Ten Londoners Say They Are Living Below The Poverty Line
According to an Ipsos survey on behalf of the Church Urban Fund (CUF) around one in ten (12%) Londoners say that they are living below what they estimate the poverty line to be.
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Ipsos Political Monitor May
Information on voting intention, satisfaction with party leaders, important issues facing Britain, economic optimism.
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A Little Local Problem — A Review Of The May Local Elections
The 2006 local elections represent a clear and embarrassing defeat for Labour. The party was relegated to third place in terms of the "estimated national equivalent vote share", (the generally accepted measure of the major parties' local election performance), with only 26% of the vote. It made a net loss of more than three hundred seats, and controls 18 fewer councils than it did before the elections. While this was not, as some had predicted beforehand, Labour's worst-ever local election performance — in fact, the 26% share was the same as in 2004 — it was a very poor one.
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Public Attitudes Towards Adult Entertainment
In 2005, a working group on adult entertainment was set up by Scottish Ministers to review the scope and impact of adult entertainment activity.
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Over Half Of Britain Has No Idea When Food Comes Into Season
New research from Gardeners' World magazine exposes the nation's lack of knowledge of British food seasonality. The magazine asked over 1,000 adults when a range of ten quintessential British fruits or vegetables came into season, but worryingly discovered that on average 63% of respondents didn't have a clue.
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Bullying At Secondary Schools Is A Top Concern For Parents
Ipsos's research conducted on behalf of Parentline Plus reveals what people think are some of the main factors parents and children consider when choosing a secondary school and the main concerns for parents once their children start secondary school.
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Neighbourhood Crime And Anti-social Behaviour (2006)
In 2005, Ipsos was commissioned by the Audit Commission to conduct a survey to assess the experiences of households about neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour. The survey provided research data for the Audit Commission's national study of how public services and local people are working together to achieve community safety at a neighbourhood level.
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Deloitte / Government Delivery Index
It appears that the British public are continuing to be gloomy about the future of the economy and public services, according to the latest Deloitte/Ipsos Government Delivery Index. Expectations among the public were generally at a historic low in early 2006, and this level of pessimism has broadly been maintained in the months since.
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Britain Lags Behind On Mobile Internet
One in three (33%) British mobile phone users want to surf the web on their mobile phones, but only if it is like the true Internet environment. To date only one in ten (11%) British mobile users have browsed the Internet on a mobile, compared to over one in four (28%) world wide*, according to new research commissioned by InfoGin, a leading pioneer in the field of web to mobile content adaptation. The survey of 900 mobile users, conducted by Ipsos, indicates that despite clear consumer demand, UK mobile operators have not put enough focus on enabling true web browsing on mobile phones.