Politics

Politics Survey

Ipsos Business polling: What businesses think of Burnham and their priorities for the new Government

London, UK: New Ipsos polling of 1,200 senior business decision makers with an annual turnover of £250,000, conducted between 1 July - 16 July 2026.

28.07.26

Politics Survey

Public confidence in Labour’s delivery of its five missions is low – especially economic growth

Across all five of Starmer’s missions, more people continue to believe Labour is doing a bad job than a good job.

14.05.25

Politics Survey

What can we learn from the Local Elections? Reform won councils less satisfied with policing, jobs, quality of life and community cohesion

Councils won by Reform are less likely than average to be satisfied with policing, jobs, their quality of life and community cohesion.

13.05.25

Politics Survey

British public now see Reform as main opposition over Conservatives, and believe Farage more likely to be PM than Badenoch

Britons are now slightly more likely to consider Reform UK (37%) as the main opposition party, ahead of the Conservatives (33%).

11.05.25

Politics Survey

One third of Britons say they would view Reform UK more negatively if Liz Truss were to join the party

34% say that former PM Liz Truss defecting to Reform would make them view the party more negatively. 13% say they would view the party more positively.

10.05.25

Defence Survey

A third of Britons – higher among men and young people - would take up arms for country, as confidence in armed forces to defend Britain from attack falls since 2022

Almost half (48%) of Britons say they are no circumstances where they would be willing to take up arms for Britain, 35% think there are. However, 42% of those aged 18-34 say there are circumstances where they would be willing to take up arms, compared with 28% of 35-54-year-olds and 36% of those aged 55-75. There is an even bigger gender divide, with 49% of men saying they would be willing to serve compared with 21% of women.

06.05.25