Political Attitudes in Great Britain for August 2001, including questions on the Conservative leadership election and on attitudes to private sector provision of public services
Transport providers in the UK are generally failing to meet the needs of the over 50s in the UK. Social interaction is said to be one of the key factors to the health and happiness of older people, yet poor public transport is creating a road block with 42% of older people saying that improvements to public transport would have a positive affect on their social lives.
Regular maintenance, common sense and vigilance are the key, says home insurer, Direct Line
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Pulse Check delivers key insights from Ipsos' Political Monitor, Political Pulse, and Public Services data, along with reactive polling, to help you navigate the evolving political landscape.
More than half (61%) of British teenagers think they don't spend enough time being active with their family according to a new survey published today. Most young people blame their parents for their family's inactivity with a third of them citing their parents' lack of time as the reason.
Older voters are the group least supportive of New Labour, and winning them over is perhaps Tony Blair's biggest remaining political challenge. For much of the time, far more attention is paid to attracting the support of young voters, especially first-time voters, than is paid to attracting the votes of those who have retired. There is a superficial attraction to this: after all, young voters are generally less strongly attached to their party allegiances - if, indeed, they have any at all - and ought to be easier to swing. If their loyalties can be captured at a young age, perhaps they will subsequently offer their party a lifetime of voting service.
The latest edition of MORI's Corporate Image survey suggests public hostility towards profitability is waning and that two decades of animosity towards business success may be coming to an end.
New research from the Social Research Institute shows people who have the qualifications to take up a teaching career have a much poorer impression of the profession than other members of the public. The apparent day-to-day disadvantages of a teaching career greatly outweigh the personal and social advantages, as far as many graduates are concerned
