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Labour and the 'Gender Gap'
The Labour Party (or, to be precise, the Labour Representation Committee as it then was) was founded a hundred years ago this week. The driving force behind the LRC's foundation was the trade union movement, with the intention of getting working men into Parliament, and thereby better to represent working class voters.
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A340 Surpasses The Competition In Traveller Preference Survey
Airbus Industrie's A340 is preferred for its seating and engine configuration by a five to one factor over its closest competitor, according to a survey conducted by UK-based market research company MORI, in January this year. The survey confirmed an overwhelming passenger preference for the A340's user-friendly seating features and exceptional level of comfort overall.
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Public Still Regards Doctors As The Most Trustworthy Group
The public's trust in doctors remains extraordinarily high despite the Shipman trial.
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Attitudes To Illegal Drugs
Two-thirds of Britons believe that drug laws are not tough enough, according to a MORI survey on attitudes to illegal drugs for the Police Foundation. Almost the same proportion (69%) disagree with the statement "taking drugs is a matter of personal choice and should not be against the law", with 21% taking the libertarian position.
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Out of Town Shopping Takes on the High Street - For Now
Given the current popularity of out-of-town shopping, the High Street will need to look for new ways to compete, according to recent research from the MORI Socioconsult Monitor - a study of changing social values. Two in five British adults now claim to prefer shopping out-of-town with the same proportion saying they find it more convenient than going to the High Street.
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Politics & Citizenship? Young People Don't Want To Play
Young people are turned off by government, citizenship and community. This is revealed today by authors Madsen Pirie and Sir Robert Worcester who unveil the third in their series of reports covering the attitudes and aspirations of young people. Their previous work, The Millennial Generation and The Next Leaders, revealed an ambitious and self-confident generation. Their new work, entitled The Big Turn-Off, is published today by the free market Adam Smith Institute. Based on MORI polls conducted among young people over a 20 month period, it examines their attitudes to government, citizenship and community.
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IT Week: Online staff face controls
Employee misuse of Internet access and email has reached epidemic proportions in UK companies
In an online poll of IT Week readers, 43 percent revealed that disciplinary action had been taken against employees for contravening company email or Internet access policy.
While reasonable personal Internet and email use is tolerated in most firms, the survey highlights employers' fears that staff are wasting time online or, worse, will land their employers in court by downloading illegal material or casually sending defamatory emails. Leaking confidential company information in emails is also a concern.
The survey was conducted during January and February by IT Week, MORI and software security firm Elron. The findings supported those of MORI and Elron's more general survey of Internet users, which was also conducted in January.
The two surveys suggest that the problem is exacerbated by companies not communicating what is expected of staff.
About two-thirds of companies said they h... -
The State Of School PE
Results from a comprehensive survey on young people and sport commissioned by Sport England have revealed the latest state of primary and secondary school PE.
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Storage Area Networks Are Key To Managing The Proliferation Of Corporate Data
Storage Now Seen as a Business Issue
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Labour's Nightmayor
In ten weeks' time, in theory, Londoners should be voting for their first directly-elected mayor. Even that is uncertain: because the House of Lords has blocked the passage of the regulations that will govern the contest, there is even the possibility that it may have to be postponed altogether. If so, it would be a final indignity in keeping with the shambles which has pervaded all aspects of the proceedings up to now.