Politics

Commentary on our independence poll for The Times by Sir Robert Worcester and Mark Diffley

Our latest poll for The Times finds that support for Scotland remaining part of the UK has increased to its highest level since August 2011

Mark Diffley looks at the state of opinion among the business community ahead of the independence referendum

Reform to public services in Scotland is inevitable but whoever is charged with implementing change is likely to face public resistance

Ben Page in The Observer crunches more than 12,000 interviews in the last year to build a profile of UKIP's voters.

In his latest Huffington Post blog, Simon Atkinson says falling crine figures leave our politicians with a headache.

Ben Marshall presented at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing on the topic of "The new housing challenge: will localism deliver the homes we need?"

Though concern about the economy remains paramount there are indications that concern about poverty and welfare is on the increase.

In their article for Politics.co.uk, Ipsos Research Director, Suzanne Hall, and Peter Grigg, from the Family and Childcare Trust, discuss the extent to which families are coping with the impacts of economic austerity.