2. 45
37
36
28
24
22
15
10
5
4
Our History
The NHS
British Army/armed forces
The Royal Family
Our culture and arts
Our system of democracy
Having a free press/media
British sports teams
Our position in the world
British business
Source: Ipsos MORI/Design Council
Base: 1,003 British adults, 25-31 May 2012
Overall, which two or three of the following, would you
say makes you most proud to be British?
4. Base: representative sample of c.1,000 British adults age 18+ each month, interviewed face-to-face in home Source: Ipsos MORI Issues Index
Record concern about inequality
What do you see as the most/other important issues facing Britain today?
0
5
10
15
20
May
1998
May
1999
May
2000
May
2001
May
2002
May
2003
May
2004
May
2005
May
2006
May
2007
May
2008
May
2009
May
2010
May
2011
May
2012
May
2013
May
2014
Sept 1999:
Alastair Darling –
“one child in
three” living in
poverty
July 2014 –
highest score
recorded
(18%)
January 2005 –
Make Poverty
History
campaign
launched on New
Year’s Day
Cameron becomes
PM
6. More localist than anywhere else
61%
59%
58%
56%
55%
52%
51%
47%
47%
46%
46%
45%
42%
42%
39%
37%
37%
34%
30%
26%
26%
27%
28%
21%
31%
24%
31%
22%
17%
29%
27%
24%
26%
36%
18%
33%
31%
32%
13%
14%
13%
23%
15%
20%
25%
22%
31%
37%
26%
28%
31%
34%
35%
27%
46%
33%
40%
42%
US
GB
Canada
S Africa
France
Australia
Italy
Japan
India
Turkey
Poland
Total
Brazil
Russia
Spain
Germany
Argentina
Belgium
Sweden
S Korea
1 to 2
4 to 5
Total
Great
Britain
Which comes closest
to your own opinion?
A. Decisions about public
services (e.g. public
transportation, public
education, public safety
and social services), are
better if they are made
locally OR
B. Decisions about public
services are better if they
are made nationally
Base: 16,039 adults across 20 countries (1,000 GB), online, 3-17 Sept 2013 Question 12 (no China)
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
7
9
10
11
T
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
11. TRUST IN CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS..
0
10
20
30
40
%
How much do you trust a British government of any party to place the needs of
this country above the interests of their own political party?
% “almost never”
Source: British Social Attitudes, 1986-2011
12. 2%
19%
24%
26%
23%
6%
2%10%
24%
23%
31%
11%
3%
23%
28%
24%
14%
7%
Strongly
disagree
Neither
agree
nor
disagree
Government distrusted – but you’re best
I would now like to ask you some questions about the way Britain is governed. How strongly, if at all,
do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? “[xxx] acts in the best interests of
people like me”
Base: 1,967 British adults 16+, 26 September – 3 October 2014 Source: Ipsos MORI
Strongly
agree
Tend to
disagree
Don’t know
Tend to
agree
UK GovernmentLocal government European
Parliament
21%
49%
26%
38%
12%
54%
21. Divided over more fiscal freedom
Generally speaking, for each of the following statements, do you…?
Base: 2,008 GB adults aged 15+, face to face, 18-24 July 2014 Source: JRRT/Ipsos MORI State of the Nation Poll 2014
41%
30%
29%
Disagree
Agree
Neither/nor/
don’t know
“More of the money spent by local councils should be
raised locally”
22. 17
7
1034
31
29
54
Want more local control – but worried about local
variation
% Tend to disagree % Strongly disagree% Tend to agree% Strongly agree
To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following
statements:
People should have more
control over how public services
are provided locally, even
though it will mean that the
services residents receive will
vary between local areas*
People should have more
control over how public
services are provided
locally
Base: 631 British adults 18+. *Base: 622 British adults 18+
Fieldwork: 18-19 April 2010 Source: Ipsos MORI/Economist
23. 81%
70%
18%
29%
But want services of all kinds to be the same…
Base: 1,002 adults in Great Britain aged 16+. Fieldwork dates: 13-19 May 2010
The Health Service
Recycling
…should be the same
everywhere in Britain
People should be able to decide
for themselves how … is
provided in their area
Q Please can you tell me which of these statements comes
closest to your own opinion:
Source: Ipsos MORI
24. 82%
84%
62%
75%
17%
15%
36%
25%
83%
69% 31%
16%
Little variation by political support….
Base: 1,002 adults in Great Britain aged 16+. Conservatives (246); Labour (219); Lib Dems
(192) Fieldwork dates: 13-19 May 2010
The Health
Service
Recycling
…should be the same everywhere in Britain
People should be able to
decide for themselves how …
is provided
Q Please can you tell me which of these statements comes
closest to your own opinion:
Source: Ipsos MORI
Voted Conservative Voted Labour Voted Lib Dem
26. 43
31
12
4
8
43
30
15
4
5
26
40
22
6
7
% Primary Schools % Secondary Schools % The health service
Some of the public would like more
involvement
Q Which of these statements comes closest to your own
attitude towards how … work/works in your area?
Source: Ipsos MORIBase: 1,002 adults in Great Britain aged 16+. Fieldwork dates: 13-19 May 2010
I'm not interested in knowing how …
work/works in my area, as long as they do
their job
I would like to know how … work/works in
my area, but I don’t want to be involved
beyond that
I would like to have more of a say in how …
work/works in my area
I would like to become actively involved in
how … work/works in my area
I am already actively involved in how …
work/works in my area