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London Survey shows increase in satisfaction with Mayor's performance
Satisfaction with Ken Livingstone's performance as Mayor of London has risen, with a significant increase in the number of Londoners expressing this as their view. The finding comes from the Annual MORI London Survey, commissioned by the GLA and released today, which finds satisfaction with the Mayor's performance has increased by 5 percentage points since the previous survey carried out in 2000.
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Business Leaders And The Euro
MORI's 2001 survey of "Captains of Industry" [Business Leaders' Support Grows For Single European Currency], published this week, finds these representatives of Britain's biggest companies divided by more than three to two in favour of Britain joining the euro. This, of course, contrasts with the opposition to joining of the majority of the public. The Captains have always been more euro-friendly than the public, but in the last two years before the 2001 study the gap had been narrowing; the most recent figures show a sharp business swing in favour of the single currency, though as the table shows the balance of opinions has effectively simply reverted to that from 1999.
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Teenagers 'Need More To Do'
MORI Social Research Institute findings highlight a lack of facilities for youngsters is a major issue for communities
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'Man Enough For The Job?' Explodes Myths About Women In Politics
A new report, published today by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), explodes the myths often used to explain the shortage of women in politics and reveals the extent of discrimination across the political parties. Man enough for the job? A study of Parliamentary candidates, was carried out for the EOC by the MORI Social Research Institute.
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Business Leaders' Support Grows For Single European Currency
Following a decline over the previous three years, belief in the value of the Euro to Britain has risen again, according to the latest MORI annual Captains of Industry survey. By around 3:2, Britain's business leaders support rather than oppose Britain joining. The findings come as the currency becomes a tangible reality for our Continental neighbours.
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Attitudes Towards Air Travel
These are the key findings of a survey among the general public concerning their experience of, and attitudes towards, flying. The study was conducted by MORI on behalf of the Freedom to Fly Coalition.
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A Transport of Delight
The attention span of both the British public and the news media that serve them is a short one. When there are no new developments in a story it quickly slips from the front pages, whatever its real importance, and for the public out of sight is often out of mind.
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Smokers Pass Over Possible Symptoms Of Killer Lung Disease
1 in 5 smokers (22%) aged between 15-54 years suffer from a persistent 'smokers' cough and yet the majority (75%) do not realise it could be an early warning sign of a devastating lung disease - and over 4 in 5 hadn't visited their GP about it, according to a major new survey released by the British Thoracic Society COPD Consortium.
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Euro-Referendum? Not In The Life Of This Parliament
Labour's 'Wobbly Thursday' was the whole month of September 2000, when first the kerfuffle over the dome and then the petrol strike led to the Tories overtaking Labour in the opinion polls for a brief period, then reverting to its comfortable 20 point lead.