Engagement not electioneering should be the focus in schools
6 June 2013
Providing information for schoolchildren about the independence referendum should focus on encouraging participation if the decline in political engagement among young people is to be reversed

Politics and tenure: the state of play
20 May 2013
Ben Marshall blogs for Shelter on party support among housing tenures and variations in likely turnout.

Older, fed up, working class and male? Then Nigel is your man
7 May 2013
Ben Page in The Observer crunches more than 12,000 interviews in the last year to build a profile of UKIP's voters.

Crime Is Falling - But Have We Noticed?
7 May 2013
In his latest Huffington Post blog, Simon Atkinson says falling crine figures leave our politicians with a headache.

The Public Image of Margaret Thatcher
25 April 2013
Findings from our polls remind us how the public viewed Margaret Thatcher during her Premiership. We identified May 1983 and February 1990 as the high and low points of her public image.

Poll shows Ed Miliband yet to convince as future PM
19 April 2013
Britain's Labour Party and its leader Ed Miliband are still some way off convincing people that they are ready to govern says researcher, Tori Harris, in her latest articles for Public Service Europe.

Budget 2013 – a risk and an opportunity
20 March 2013
Politics Wire Blog: Harry Carr considers the possible connotations of the Budget, with no party yet holding a clear advantage on the economy.

The rise of Nigel Farage and UKIP, the polls don't lie
15 March 2013
UKIP has been ahead of the Liberal Democrats in the polls for the third consecutive month and is now reaching its highest ever level of public support, says Ipsos MORI's Tori Harris in her latest article for Public Service Europe.

Why has trust in civil servants gone up?
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.

UKIP voters: who are they?
1 March 2013
Politics Wire Blog: Tom Mludzinski looks at our voting intention trends as he tries to answer the question - 'Who are the people voting for UKIP?'.