Citizens, service delivery and the surveys…
Victoria Harkness, Head of Local Government Research
5 March 2013
The imperative to make financial savings has prompted public sector leaders to change the way in which they approach service delivery, says Ipsos MORI Research Director, Victoria Harkness in her latest article for LGC magazine.
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Blame games on cutbacks
Victoria Harkness, Head of Local Government Research
11 February 2013
The coalition, rather than councils, is getting the blame for local government cuts. What does this tell us about the mood music amongst voters asks Research Director, Victoria Harkness?
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What does it mean to be British?
Tom Frere-Smith, Senior Research Executive
9 January 2012
The public can see how Britain has changed in sixty years, but we seem less sure about what it means to be British in the present
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Addressing public concerns on immigration requires looking beyond the numbers
Tom Frere-Smith, Senior Research Executive
25 October 2011
What groups does the word 'immigrant' bring to mind? Tom Frere-Smith analyses our recent poll for the Migration Observatory.
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London's skilled working class and policing
Chris Phillips, Research Manager
18 October 2011
Ipsos MORI polling for BBC London finds particularly strong support among skilled working class (or "C2") Londoners for the Met taking a more robust approach in any future riots.
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Big Society & the Budget
James Stannard, Senior Research Executive
11 April 2011
James Stannard analyses the budget and how it may affect Big Society organisations.
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Big Society: what of the new localism bill?
Victoria Harkness, Head of Local Government Research
15 December 2010
We’ve been waiting with bated breath for the new Localism Bill, finally published on Monday, 13 December. Not a lot of surprises in there – we’ve known for some time of the desire of Eric Pickles and co. to “fundamentally shake up the balance of power in this country”.
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