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Can We Have Trust And Diversity?
Immigration/asylum is now the third most important issue facing Britain today, ahead of defence, crime/law and order and the economy. Only the NHS and education are seen as more pressing.
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Residents' Views On Airport Expansion
More than half the residents in the local communities around Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted say they support a new runway at the airport nearest to them, according to a new MORI survey.
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Ethical Companies
Three-quarters of the British population (74%) say more information on a company's social and ethical behaviour would influence their purchasing decisions, according to MORI's latest research.
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Transport In Britain: Latest Trends
There continues to be widespread dissatisfaction with roads in Britain, with seven in 10 British people (72%) finding road congestion a major problem in their local area. This is one of the findings from MORI's 2003 survey for the County Surveyors Society. Three-fifths of car and motorcycle users (61%) say traffic congestion has worsened in their local area over the past five years, compared with around half (52%) in 2001.
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Scots Support Increase In Windfarms
People in Scotland who live in close proximity (up to 20km) to a windfarm show substantially more support for than opposition to them. New research by MORI Scotland for the Scottish Executive shows more than half (54%) would support increasing the number of turbines at their local windfarm by half. Four in five (82%) would support windfarms taking a greater role in the generating of electricity in Scotland over the next 15 years.
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Young And Old 'In Synch' For PC Use
The use of digital photography and the emailing of digital images are popular among PC users — both young and old — according to new research from MORI for Packard Bell. A third (32%) of the over 55s use their PC for storing/sending and receiving digital photographs — almost the same as 15-24 year olds (31%).
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PCs 'Centre Of Home Entertainment'
Two-thirds of British people find the prospect of a single entertainment system for watching TV, downloading films and music and playing computer games appealing, according to new research from MORI for Packard Bell. The survey shows 64% like the idea of a single entertainment system, and of those three-quarters (75%) agree it would be appropriate for a PC to provide this function.
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Top-level support for Foundation Hospitals
NHS chief executives are generally supportive of the idea of Foundation Status Hospitals, according to new research from MORI Social Research Institute. The research, commissioned by the NHS Confederation for its annual conference, was among 102 Chief Executive across a range of NHS Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities.
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Britain's View Of Russia - MORI reveals survey ahead of President Putin's visit
Russian President Vladimir Putins is starting to have a certain degree of recognition in Britain with nearly half (45%) able to name him as the Russian President, and most prominent spontaneous impressions of him are that he is a "good leader" and "good for Russia". These are the findings of new research from MORI, commissioned by the Russian Information Agency NOVOSTI ahead of Putin's visit to the UK later this month.
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Grey Power / The Grey Ahead
In recent years, many people have begun to notice that the UK's population profile is shifting towards those of a more advanced age .Commentary by Andy Martin