Why has trust in civil servants gone up?
Bobby Duffy, Managing Director, Social Research Institute
4 March 2013
Bobby Duffy blogs for the Institute for Goverment on a very simple question on trust in truth-telling that generates huge interest.
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Events, not threats – current public concern about foreign affairs, defence and terrorism
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
13 February 2013
An exploration of current public concern about defence and foreign affairs within both a historical context and the likely increased focus on this issue in 2013.
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Blog: The Chancellor's Autumn Statement: Reasons He'll Be Cheerful?
Bobby Duffy, Managing Director, Social Research Institute
5 December 2012
As Chancellor George Osborne's delivers his Autumn statement, Bobby Duffy, MD of our Social Research Institue, looks at the challenges facing the Government.
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Igniting the squib - public opinion on strikes and trade unions
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
16 December 2011
Trade Unions/strikes are low on the public’s radar even after the recent strikes, and have not been key issues for a while; only 1% of the public mentioned them in the first week of December, a figure that has been no higher since the firefighters’ strike in the winter of 2002/3
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The Rise and Fall of Public Concern about Crime
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
24 May 2011
The Economist/Ipsos MORI May Issues index shows a decreasing amount who consider crime/law and order to be among the most important issues facing the country.
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Intervention in Libya, and public opinion around our involvement
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
13 April 2011
In the latest Politics Wire blog, we examine the public's response to the continuing conflict in Libya and the factors that may affect this in the future.
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A Budget for the people?
Bobby Duffy, Managing Director, Social Research Institute
25 March 2011
The Chancellor argues that his budget is about putting the conditions in place for sustained growth after years of living beyond our means. While the public sympathises with this view, how will the measures announced yesterday play with people?
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