Issues Index

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Economy Survey

Seven in ten (70%) Britons expect Labour to increase personal taxes amid deep economic pessimism

New polling data from Ipsos in the UK, conducted in October 2026, reveals widespread public pessimism regarding the UK's economic trajectory as the Labour Government led by Andy Burnham prepares its fiscal agenda. With immigration (40%), the economy (31%), and inflation (30%) standing as the dominant concerns on the Ipsos Issues Index, the British public displays continued economic pessimism and widespread anticipation of impending tax rises.
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Economist/Ipsos January 2014 Issues Index

The first Economist/Ipsos issues index of 2014 shows that concern about race relations/immigration has increased to become, jointly with the economy, the most important issue facing Britain
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2013 Economist/Ipsos Aggregate Issues Index data

Ipsos's aggregated data from all 12 months of our Issues Index surveys, with the top 10 most important issues (along with EU/Europe) broken down by gender, by age, ethnicity, social class and by voting intention. This is based on a total of more than 10,000 interviews, aggregated from the 12 individual polls.
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Economist/Ipsos December 2013 Issues Index

This is the smallest gap between the top and second issues facing Britain, and the lowest concern about the economy since 2008.
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Economist/Ipsos November 2013 Issues Index

In this month's Issues Index for The Economist, we have recorded the highest ever concern about both poverty/inequality and low pay/fair wages.
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Economist/Ipsos October 2013 Issues Index

In a month in which energy prices have dominated many of the headlines, a fifth of the public (19%) are now concerned about prices/inflation. This is an increase of 8 percentage points since September
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Economist/Ipsos September 2013 Issues Index

Concern about defence/foreign affairs climbs to highest level since the Libyan crisis in April 2011, though the economy celebrates its fifth anniversary as the most important issue facing Britain.
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Economist/Ipsos August 2013 Issues Index

Concern about the economy falls to the lowest point in five years as concern about race/immigration rises to meet it. Poverty and housing also rise in prominence.
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Economist/Ipsos July 2013 Issues Index

Though the public are starting to be more optimistic about the economy, it is still an issue of great concern at this moment in time.
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Economist/Ipsos June 2013 Issues Index

The highest level of concern about poverty/inequality that we have ever recorded as the gap between race/immigration and the economy narrows.
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