Local Government

Ipsos MORI is the market leader in local government research. We design and manage a wide range of services for our clients, ranging from tried and tested surveys, to cutting-edge and innovative consultation methods.

Over the past fifteen years we have carried out research projects for more than 250 local authorities, building up unrivalled experience and understanding of the sector. We work with a wide range of local strategic partnerships, and other local agencies including primary care trusts and police authorities.

Understanding Your Stakeholders

We are ideally positioned to help you find out what citizens, service users, employees, and other key stakeholders are thinking, including harder-to-reach communities.

Assessing Priorities with Shrinking Budgets

The implications of the Comprehensive Spending Review, and the context that this creates for setting budgets in local areas, makes it increasingly important to understand the priorities and needs of local communities.

Translating the Big Society

Not only can we support your ‘duty to involve’ commitments through research that genuinely engages participants and helps you arrive at shared solutions to local problems, we also have a track record in measuring local capacity for community action and philanthropy through social capital studies.

Providing Research Solutions to Suit all Budgets and Circumstances

We can provide expertise on the most appropriate methods and techniques relevant to your area, circumstances and budgets. You can be confident that our research is conducted to the highest standards, and that the findings are robust and will stand up to scrutiny.

Adding Insight and Maximising Impact

We pride ourselves in providing clients with insight and deriving as much value from the data as we can. This can be achieved in a number of ways including by drawing on our wider work and regular contact with: government departments such as CLG; sector bodies such as the LGA, LG Improvement and Development and SOLACE; policy think tanks such as NLGN and ippr; and other key policy shapers such as The Big Society Network and Urban Forum.

Thought Leadership

We believe what sets us apart from our competitors is our wider thought leadership work. Our numerous reports and analyses (such as Frontiers of Performance) have been used across the sector to support strategic decision-making and policy development.

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Offices

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Debbie Lee Chan
Head of Local Government Research
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Gary Welch
Research Director
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David Craig
Research Director
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Victoria Harkness
Associate Director
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