This report brings together thirty years of research among this key audience and covers MPs' attitudes towards business and the political and economic landscape in which business operates. Specifically:
The issues MPs are contacted about most frequently by individuals
MPs' economic outlook and how their views compare with other audiences
How MPs' concerns for business and industry have changed since the late 1970s
MPs' views on whether business is meeting its social and environmental responsibilities
The factors MPs take into account when judging companies
The lessons we have learnt from analysing the reputation of individual companies
Individual MPs singled out as most impressive by their peers
This report examines the data collected in the 2003/4 Best Value Performance Indicator surveys (BVPIs) for the impact of place on perceptions of transport services, drawing on 2001 Census and other secondary sources to provide context.
There is increasing interest in comparing the different approaches to balancing economic and social welfare priorities across countries in Europe and beyond. This has led to new models that have attempted to explain and classify the current government's approach in Britain. For example, Will Hutton has talked about the "social democratising" of the Anglo-Saxon model, and last year Nick Pearce (Director of ippr) and colleagues outlined the "Anglo-Social Model". This describes the approach as an attempt to combine the economic performance and flexibility of liberal welfare states with the social protection and equality of Scandinavian countries.
Frontiers of Performance in Housing, an analysis of the wealth of survey data that emerged from the last round of Best Value Performance Indicator (BVPI) surveys which local authorities undertook to measure customer satisfaction with the range of services they provide. This report looks at the tenant surveys, and puts the data in context in a way that, to our knowledge, has not been done before.
A new report from MORI shows it is wrong to talk about a new crisis of trust in government and politicians are as distrusted as they always have been. However, "Who do you believe? Trust in government information" does reveal a serious decline in certain aspects of trust.
In 2002, MORI Social Research Institute published our first report on Liveability, called "The Rising Prominence of Liveability - Are we condemned to a life of grime". Three years on, we revisit a subject area that has grown in importance to policy makers in key government departments. Our analysis is telling, and indeed, encouraging. Local government has woken up to its problems on the central Liveability issues and people are starting to notice changes on the ground.
Newspaper readers are less likely to express 'average' views on the five top issues -- defence, the NHS, race/immigration, education and crime -- than those who don't read a daily paper, according to a new report from MORI.
