It’s not impossible, but don’t expect a change before the next election.
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The public isn’t enthusiastic about increasing disability benefit spending – but they’re by no means in favour of cuts either.
Voters are now split on social identity. This new division, combined with distrust in established parties, is proving fertile ground for challenger parties.
Research has long suggested that women shift left on a generational basis, but we think something else is happening here.
The pandemic has not proved a ‘turning point in history’ - attitudes towards austerity and welfare had changed significantly before the crisis.
At 48%, the proportion who agree that “for some crimes, the death penalty is the most appropriate sentence” is the lowest ever recorded.
Year after year, when the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey is released, newspaper headlines tell us of how our attitudes to benefits have hardened, feeding this into their wider discussions about…
Recent proposals for benefit reform have centred upon the argument that at present many people feel they get nothing for something from the welfare state, while those on benefits reap the rewards. The…
Holding hands with someone you love in public may seem like a carefree display of affection, but for people in same sex relationships it is still a risky thing to do. Despite progress in our attitudes…
Perceptions of how well most major British institutions are run have plunged over the past three decades. The 30th British Social Attitudes report, published today, reports decreases in public satisfaction…
The introduction of devolution in Scotland and Wales and its re-introduction in Northern Ireland was one of the major achievements of the Labour government. Yet its aspirations for fostering devolution…
Britain is still a majority social-democratic country. That is, politically, the most significant finding of the latest British Social Attitudes survey published this week. Most people want a country which…
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Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Research Director (Social Attitudes), ScotCen Social Research
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Doctoral Researcher in Social Policy, University of Stirling
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Professor of Government (Emeritus) University of Manchester and Research Associate, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
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F.D. Maurice Professor of Religion, King's College London
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Emeritus Professor, University of Bristol
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125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Social Psychology, University of Kent
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and Professor of Politics, King's College London
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Research Director, National Centre for Social Research
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Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Democratic Politics, UCL