Political Monitor


Politics Survey

Six in ten back UK military intervention against IS

Polling from Ipsos, in association with Lord Hennessy, shows public backing for intervention against 'Islamic State' - with support for intervention increasingly humanitarian.
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Support for EU membership highest for 23 years, even as UKIP rises in the polls

Ipsos polling shows increasing numbers backing Britain's EU membership, despite UKIP's rise
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Personal allowances rise the most popular of conference season tax pledges

Polling from Ipsos shows that tax pledges from each party were welcomed by the British public, but with the rise in personal allowances the stand-out favourite.
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Voting UKIP no longer seen as a wasted vote, as the party reaches its highest ever vote share

October's Ipsos Political Monitor shows that, in the aftermath of Douglas Carswell's by-election win for the party, more of the British public now disagree that voting UKIP in a general election is a wasted vote than agree.
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Labour are the most popular party, but their leader lags behind

The Ipsos Political Monitor for September 2014 shows Ed Miliband is still to convince the public of his own qualities, despite presiding over the most popular party.
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Economy, immigration and healthcare are Britons' top three issues deciding general election vote

September's Ipsos Political Monitor shows three policies joint top as most important in deciding their general election vote.
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Over half say UKIP raises key issues that other parties don't, but only 14% want their MP to defect

Ipsos's last Political Monitor before party conference season and the Clacton by-election shows that UKIP's popularity has risen by two percentage points, as other parties' remain stable.
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Half of Britons think Boris Johnson standing as an MP increases the Conservatives' chances next year

New research from Ipsos shows that half (51%) of Britons think the Conservatives' chances of winning the 2015 General Election will increase if Boris Johnson stands as an MP.
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Economic optimism up to second highest ever but three in ten are still worried about paying the bills

Ipsos's latest Economic Optimism Index shows that half the public (51%) believe that general economic condition of the country will improve over the next 12 months.