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Predicting 2015 - "just a bit of fun"
Dr. Roger Mortimore looks back over all our polls since the 1970s, using voting intention and leader satisfaction to "predict" the 2015 general election result
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Igniting the squib - public opinion on strikes and trade unions
Trade Unions/strikes are low on the public's radar even after the recent strikes, and have not been key issues for a while; only 1% of the public mentioned them in the first week of December, a figure that has been no higher since the firefighters' strike in the winter of 2002/3
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Economist/Ipsos December 2011 Issues Index
The December Economist/Ipsos Issues index shows that a third of the public (33%) place unemployment amongst the most important issues facing the country, a one percentage point increase since November. Concern has been steadily increasing recently and this is now the highest percentage to mention this issue since November 1998.
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Scots support early referendum as support for independence increases
Over a third of voters now back a fully independent Scotland in a referendum which most Scots want to be held within the next two years, as revealed in our new poll for The Times and the Sun.
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Scottish Public Opinion Monitor: December 2011
As a momentous 2011 draws to a close, public backing for the SNP has slightly increased, giving the party double the support enjoyed by Labour in our latest Holyrood poll.
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Ipsos end of year research 2011
Only 23% of Britons say that their children will have a higher quality of life than they have, while 35% think it will be lower, says new research we have carried out ahead of our 2011 End of Year event.
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Reuters/Ipsos Political Monitor November 2011
The November Reuters/Ipsos Political Monitor shows Labour increase their lead in the polls and just 15% believe the economy will improve in the next 12 months.
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Buying British Food
Supporting the local economy is a driver for buying British food, according to new Ipsos research.
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Border Skirmish
Bobby Duffy in the Sunday Times writes that given our national concern about immigration, the government has reason to be concerned following the UK Border Agency row.
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Home Truths
Research Director, Ben Marshall, looks at the issue of housing and the possible political implications.