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Attitudes to Women Politicians
This survey was designed to complement the British Council campaign on the issue in East and Central Africa where separate research was conducted. For further information, go to the: British Council website
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Effective Leaders?
A survey of people's views on the effectiveness of their political leaders, men and women, in improving the lives of ordinary women
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World Leaders and Child Poverty
MORI research shows clearly that the British public believes that child poverty can be beaten, and they want world leaders to do more.
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So Much To Do, So Little Time
The introduction of free entry to museums and galleries in England and Wales appears to be achieving the government's objective of widening access, according to MORI research conducted in January 2002. The overall proportion of adults visiting museums and galleries has gone up since similar research was undertaken two years ago from 31 per cent to 38 per cent.
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Internationally Recruited Nurses Paying Up To £2,000 To Care For Patients
Over one in three internationally recruited nurses have had to pay fees to their employer or a recruitment agency to work in the UK.
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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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Effect Of Candidate Ethnicity In The British General Elections Of 1997 And 2001
Statistical analysis of constituency results in the last two general elections strongly suggests that ethnic minority (Black or Asian) candidates secure a smaller share of the vote for their parties than do white candidates. While it is not possible to prove from the evidence why this is the case, the obvious presumption must be that it is caused by racist voters being deterred from voting for an ethnic minority candidate. The effect was strongest in the case of Labour candidates, depressing their vote share by more than three-and-a-half percentage points, but was also present for Liberal Democrats; however, there was no statistically significant loss of votes found in the case of Conservative ethnic minority candidates.
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Government Delivery Index
Most of the British public are pessimistic about the government's ability to improve public services, according to the baseline survey for the new MORI Delivery Index. More than half, 54%, say they disagree that "in the long term, this government's policies will improve the state of Britain's public services", whereas only 36% agree.