Politics

Information on voting intention, satisfaction with party leadership, important issues facing Britain, economic optimism.

Ipsos Scotland was commissioned by Glasgow City Council to conduct a series of eight large scale resident's surveys in twice yearly waves. Each survey doubles as a recruitment exercise for the Glasgow Citizens Panel.

A survey of people in six countries around the world released today reveals that on average, 30% have been the victim of gun crime or know someone who has been in the last five years, with the proportion rising to more than half in Brazil, Guatemala and South Africa.

Voting intention, opinions on the Labour government, how leaders affect their parties, how they are in touch with what people think

Information on voting intention, satisfaction with party leaders, important issues facing Britain, economic optimism.

The 2006 local elections represent a clear and embarrassing defeat for Labour. The party was relegated to third place in terms of the "estimated national equivalent vote share", (the generally accepted measure of the major parties' local election performance), with only 26% of the vote. It made a net loss of more than three hundred seats, and controls 18 fewer councils than it did before the elections. While this was not, as some had predicted beforehand, Labour's worst-ever local election performance — in fact, the 26% share was the same as in 2004 — it was a very poor one.

It appears that the British public are continuing to be gloomy about the future of the economy and public services, according to the latest Deloitte/Ipsos Government Delivery Index. Expectations among the public were generally at a historic low in early 2006, and this level of pessimism has broadly been maintained in the months since.

This month's Ipsos Political Monitor finds the lowest level of satisfaction with the Government since it was first elected in 1997. The poll, which was conducted between 27 April and 2 May, finds that 22% are satisfied with the way the Government is running the country, compared to 68% who are dissatisfied, a net satisfaction score of -46%, eight percentage points lower than in March.

The City of Edinburgh Council commissioned Ipsos to conduct a series of face-to-face depth interviews with parents and children who have experience of child protection services. The research explored all stages of the child protection process, including initial contact with social workers, case conferences and follow up care and support. The findings will be used to help the Council improve the services for future users. Fieldwork was between 4 November and 9 December 2005.