Politics

Ipsos’ annual ‘Understanding Society’ report “Putting the Place into Public Services” utilises 8 MRP (Multilevel Regression and Poststratification) models to understand public perceptions of key services in every local authority area across the UK, including health services, policing, public transport, and education, as well as housing, jobs, and overall quality of life and community cohesion.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s favourability ratings are the lowest Ipsos has measured for either politician since this polling series began in October 2022.

71% of the Scottish public hold an unfavourable opinion of US President Donald Trump. A similar proportion – 70% - have an unfavourable view of Elon Musk.

33% of Britons can correctly identify the location of the Chagos Islands when given a series of options on a map – 45% say they don’t know where they are.

Over half of Britons (59%) believe shoplifting has increased in their local area in the past 12 months.

Three in ten (29%) believe AI will have a positive impact, while 26% say anticipate a negative impact (23% no difference).

Three in ten are favourable towards Farage, 46% unfavourable.

When asked what words they think of when they think of the NHS, “long waiting times”, “understaffed”, and “delays” are the most common responses.

2 in 3 or more continue to be concerned about the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Ukrainian civilians, the UK economy and UK national security.