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• Trust in Professions Survey

  Trust In Official Statistics

  MORI's study for the Statistics Commission shows that key opinion formers believe the quality of UK official statistics is up with the best in the world. Much of the criticism of official statistics is seen as unwarranted — a result of the blame culture that exists in today's political climate, and the lack of trust in government generally.

  16.03.05
• Survey

  Action On Paedophile Websites

  The public is strongly in favour of monitoring or blocking access to child-abuse and paedophile websites. According to a MORI survey conducted for StreamShield, 90% of people would support the blocking of access to such websites — either voluntarily by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or enforced by Government regulation.

  16.03.05
• Politics Survey

  e-Citizen &#8212 Demand For e-Government

  There is unmet demand for e-Government services in England according to research carried out by the MORI Social Research Institute for the e-Citizen National Project. In particular there are two key groups of citizens who show potential interest in using e-Government services. These groups have been identified using advanced statistical analysis of data from a survey of 4,100 citizens conducted on the MORI Omnibus.

  15.03.05
• Politics Survey

  e-Democracy — Local Authority Experience

  e-Democracy is a relatively new undertaking for many councils according to research carried out by the MORI Social Research Institute on behalf of the Local e-Democracy National Project. Only one in five (19%) so far have a written e-democracy strategy in place, although a further third (36%) do have plans to draw up a strategy. Whilst there is a great deal of interest in harnessing the potential of technology, there is a wide divergence amongst local authorities in terms of current practice and the level of investment in e-democracy. There is also a significant gap between what is available offline and what has been made available online.

  15.03.05
• Survey

  UK Public Is Largely Positive About Science

  A MORI report for the government's Office of Science and Technology, Department for Trade and Industry on "Science in Society" was released today by Patricia Hewitt, Trade and Industry Secretary, who called for greater engagement and dialogue to help the UK retain its position as the best place in the world for science.

  14.03.05

• 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.

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• Politics Survey

  Investing In Water Services 2006–2014 - Customer Views On Investment Priorities For Scottish Water

  The Scottish Executive commissioned MORI Scotland to conduct qualitative and quantitative research to investigate customer views on the investment priorities for the Scottish water industry. This research formed a key strand in an extensive process of stakeholder and public consultation on the future of Scotland's water services, complementing two key public consultations Investment Priorities for Water Services 2006-2014 and Paying for Water Services 2006-2010.

  10.03.05
• Family Survey

  Older Voters — Open To Persuasion

  A quarter of people over the age of 65 (26%) say they may change their mind about which party to support before they vote in the expected General Election later this year, according to new MORI research released today by Help the Aged.

  10.03.05
• Trust in Professions Survey

  Doctors Top Public Opinion Poll On Trustworthy Professions

  Doctors come out on top in the annual MORI poll that asks members of the public whom they trust to tell the truth, according to results released today (10/3/05) by the British Medical Association (BMA). Nine in ten say that they trust doctors to tell the truth.

  10.03.05
• Politics Survey

  Knowledge And Perceptions Of Glasgow City Council Among BME Residents

  Results from the Spring 2004 wave of the Glasgow Citizens Panel survey (carried out by MORI Scotland on behalf of Glasgow City Council) indicated that there were significant ethnicity based differences in levels of knowledge about the Council and, in particular, about the remit of the Authority.

  10.03.05
• Politics Survey

  Strength of Support for Preferred Political Party

  Q How strongly do you support the …party? Do you support them very strongly, fairly strongly, not very strongly or not strongly at all?

  10.03.05
• Politics Survey

  Voting Intention by Newspaper Readership

  MORI Voting Intention Aggregate (Certain to vote 10/10)

  09.03.05