Election

The Government and the three main political parties' leaders appear to have benefited from a possible Olympic feel-good effect as their satisfaction ratings rise, according to the August Ipsos Political Monitor.

Though the world's attention has turned to London and the Olympic Games, bad economic news continue to emanate from the UK and Europe.

Following his start-of-the-year assessment of the state of the parties for The Guardian Northerner, Gideon Skinner, Ipsos Research Director, revisits the polling data as MPs head off for the holidays.

The public view the Coalition as much less united than in 2011, according to the July Ipsos Political Monitor, and only 28% think it is dealing with the economic crisis effectively

Research Director, Mark Diffley writes for the New Statesman discussing First Minister, Alex Salmond fortunes in the polls.

In our latest opinion piece for Total Politics we discuss Scottish Labour's polling performance under new leader Johann Lamont and whether we should brace ourselves for a red recovery north of the border?

The latest Ipsos Global @dvisor shows that just 12% of citizens from across 9 European countries expect their local economy to improve in the next six months.

The Ipsos Political Monitor shows continued loss of public confidence in their economic outlook and in George Osborne as Chancellor.

With Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, appearing before the Leveson Inquiry today, an Ipsos shows that just one in seven people (14%) believe him to be trustworthy.
The poll shows that the leaders of the three main political parties all have negative trust ratings.