Politics

Providing information for schoolchildren about the independence referendum should focus on encouraging participation if the decline in political engagement among young people is to be reversed

The threat UKIP pose to any party is difficult to quantify as little is known about just how well they will be able to compete in a national, General Election in 2015. However, UKIP clearly has the potential to be very dangerous to the Conservative Party

Simon Atkinson on a major new Ipsos/CGI-Publicis survey that shows the emerging effect thet recession has had on public opinion across six European countries.

Just 11% now mention crime amongst the most important facing Britain, the lowest level of concern in over 20 years. Regularly throughout 2005-2008 crime and race/immigration alternated as the most important issues facing the country, but concern about crime has fallen steadily since then.

At the end of a week which has seen some slightly better news about the British economy, the latest Ipsos Consumer Confidence Index, released today, underlines just how much ground the country has to make up.

Steven Hope takes a closer look at those who are undecided about how they will vote in next year's Scottish Independence Referendum

A new Ipsos poll shows that David Cameron is seen as the most capable of the four party leaders, but also the most out of touch with ordinary people.

With the news that the Bank of England has raised its growth forecasts, the May Ipsos Political Monitor also shows that the public's economic optimism has risen for the second month in a row to its highest point since July 2010

New research conducted by Ipsos for the Royal Statistical Society and King's College London reveals important challenges in trust in and the value given to statistics.