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Healthcare Key For Older Voters
Healthcare is the key issue for pensioners, as for the electorate as a whole, in deciding which party to vote for at the forthcoming general election, according to a MORI survey for Help the Aged. Three in five 65+ year olds ranked it first, followed by pensions (56%) and law and order (53%).
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Voting And 'The Perception Gap'
In the run-up to the general election, surveys of British opinion have been showing a "perception gap" over public services — a divergence between the personal experience people report and their views of the trend in the quality of services generally.
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Older Voters — Open To Persuasion
A quarter of people over the age of 65 (26%) say they may change their mind about which party to support before they vote in the expected General Election later this year, according to new MORI research released today by Help the Aged.
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Audit Of Political Engagement
A new report published today shows that whilst most people have a strong aspiration to have a say in how the country is run, many doubt that political participation is the best way to do so. According to research conducted by MORI for The Electoral Commission and Hansard Society's second annual Audit of political engagement, two-thirds of the public (67%) want to have a say in how the country is run, but only 27% at the moment feel that they do have a say.
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Reviewing 'Positive Futures'
MORI is in its third year of evaluating and monitoring Positive Futures, which is a social inclusion initiative. The scheme aims to support some of the most at risk young people within England, by engaging them in sport and providing opportunities to access education, training and employment, and to develop key life skills.
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Public Knowledge Of Diabetes
Those at high risk of diabetes know very little about the condition, according to research by the MORI Social Research Institute. The project, for Diabetes UK, shows around one in five people 'at risk' (19%) put themselves in that category.
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Young People And Mobile Phones
Most people who are 11-21 years olds have access to a mobile phone, according to MORI's research for the Nestlé Social Research Programme. The survey shows 97% of females and 92% of males in this age group have access to a mobile phone. Texting is the most frequent form of communicating; nine out of 10 text at least daily, and more than half (54%) do so more than five times a day.
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Attitudes To Growing Older
The importance of having family and friends around, and being able to live independently, increases with age according to new research from the MORI Social Research Institute. The project also shows that being financially comfortable becomes less important as one grows older.
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Young People On Edinburgh
Additional discounts for young people, more work experience and a greater say in decisions that will affect them are what young people in Scotland's capital want according to new research by MORI Scotland.
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Crime And Young People
Young people are more likely to say they have been the victim of a crime in the past 12 months than the rest of the British public, according to research from MORI. The survey, for The Sun, shows half (52%) of people aged 15-17 say they have been the victim of any crime in the past year, compared with two in five (40%) people aged 18-24 and less than a third (30%) of all people aged 16+.