The Ipsos poll, commissioned by the History Matters — Pass It On shows 73% of UK residents are interested in history while 59% are interested in sport in general, and around half (48%) express an interest in football.
Local government plays a huge role in people's lives and, according to the Treasury, is the most efficient part of the public sector making 1632.6m a day in savings. So why is it that public satisfaction of council services is improving, but the public perception of councils is not?
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.
Pulse Check
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.
The Scottish Executive Transport and Planning Research Team commissioned IpsosMORI Scotland to conduct a programme of research to understand the underlying reasons for Edinburgh residents' rejection of the City of Edinburgh Council's Preferred Transport Strategy, which included introducing a road charging scheme. The research focuses on a number of issues relating to the public's knowledge of, and attitudes towards, the proposed Edinburgh Road charging scheme (congestion charge), alternative road charging schemes and wider issues of car use such as congestion and pollution. The research comprised two main components, a series of nine focus groups conducted in various locations across Edinburgh and a representative survey of 1,002 Edinburgh residents.
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.
Ipsos has released details of a major, international study for Greenpeace which reviews how, if at all, environmental factors affect the buying and choosing of computers. Public attitudes towards the computer industry and environmental waste are also assessed. As part of the study, Ipsos looked at how much more PC owners would be prepared to pay for a more environmentally friendly PC, assuming that they would have to pay about £500 for a normal computer.
England captain David Beckham is the England football team's most trusted penalty scorer, according to new research from Ipsos. The survey, from the company's i:omnibus service, asked who should take a win-or-lose last penalty in a World Cup final penalty shoot-out.
Ipsos's third wave of online research among the arts community, on behalf of London Calling Arts, has revealed a strong desire for the arts to seek ways of working with digital technologies.
Health service workers are markedly more disillusioned with their jobs and have less faith in their leaders than their counterparts in the education and local government sectors.
