Politics


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.
Politics Survey

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
Politics Survey

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.
Politics Survey

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.
Generation Y Survey

Hard Evidence: are Gen Y really Thatcher's children?

Generation Y, the youngest adult generation, have recently been called Dave’s No 1 Fans, but as he speaks to Tory conference, it seems this may not be entirely true. Bobby Duffy blogs for The Conversation.
Politics Survey

Economist/Ipsos September 2014 Issues Index

The Economist/ Ipsos 40th anniversary Issues index shows that concern about defence/foreign affairs increases at the expense of concern about unemployment.
Politics Survey

Power to the people - but how much and to whom?

Ben Page analyses recent research by Ipsos on attitudes to further devolution of powers to England, Wales, Scotland and the regions. 
Generation Y Survey

The slow death of political parties

New analysis by Ipsos suggests that by 2024 under a quarter of the voting public will feel connected to one particular political party, compared with over half the population in the 1990s.
Politics Survey

Small lead for No, but referendum result still looks extremely close

Ipsos's final Scottish referendum poll for the London Evening Standard shows the `No' campaign with a very narrow lead, in line with other polls in recent days.