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↕️ There is a significant north/south divide over mashed potatoes at Christmas dinner.

Three in five (60%) of northerners consider mashed potatoes a key part of Christmas dinner, nearly double the one third (34%) of southerners who do so.
December 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM
🥔Roast potatoes (87% net important), gravy (83%) and stuffing (73%) are the three most essential items to have on a Christmas dinner, according to the UK public.

Roasties beat turkey (67%) and pigs in blankets (66%).

6-8 December 2024
2,338 UK
December 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Just one in four (23%) of the UK public back replacing personal independence payments (PIP) with vouchers.

Two thirds (62%) say that payments should remain as cash, paid directly into a bank account.

2,288 UK adults
15-17 November
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Labour's lead (38%) over the Conservatives (33%) on the economy is just five points - a 17 point drop since July.
November 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
📉 The Labour Party (37%) has a two point lead over the Conservatives (35%) among the public for who is most trusted on taxation.

Since July, Labour's lead over the Conservatives on tax has dropped by 14 points.

2,288 UK adults
15-17 November
November 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
🎄 Just one in five (18%) of the public say it's acceptable to start putting up Christmas decorations at home in November.

4% say it's 'never' acceptable to start hanging up the tinsel and baubles.

25-27 October
2,206 UK adults
November 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Russia is by far and away considered the UK's greatest threat, over China (13%) and Iran (7%).

One in twenty (5%) of UK public say the US is this country's greatest threat.
November 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
The UK public is still more likely to say that America (30%) is this country's greatest ally following the US election, over EU (25%) & Commonwealth nations (23%).

Labour voters (33%) are more likely to believe EU countries are the UK's best allies.

8-10 Nov
2,040 UK adults
November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
🔊 "There are high levels of concern about people being put under undue pressure to medically end their life."

@emmalevin.bsky.social spoke to @lbcnews.bsky.social on our research suggesting strong public support for assisted dying in different contexts, but also worry about its consequences.
November 14, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Nearly half (46%) of public support legalisation of assisted dying for non-terminal diseases, with one in five (20%) opposing.

Higher support (50%) for assisted dying for degenerative diseases with longer life expectancy than proposed six-months.

25-27 Oct
2,206 UK adults
November 13, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Kamala Harris is more trusted by the UK public to complete each everyday task tested (such as babysitting & assembling furniture) over DonaldTrump.

Just one in seven (15%) of UK adults would trust Trump over Harris to babysit small children.

1-3 Nov
2,237 UK adults
November 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Over half (54%) of the UK public say that if Donald Trump wins the US election, they will feel personally less safe as a consequence.

Comparatively, just one in five (19%) say they will feel less safe if Kamala Harris wins.

25-27 October 2024
2,206 UK adults
November 5, 2024 at 11:19 AM
👎 Just three in ten (29%) of the public say that Labour's plan for the economy is working, compared to 43% who say their plan is not working.

After march's spring budget, one in four (24%) said the Conservatives' plan for the economy was working, with six in ten (60%) saying it was not.
October 31, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Increased spending in the NHS (71%) and raising the national minimum wage (69%) are the most popular measures in the budget, among many liked by public.

The outlier is bus fare cap, with over half (52%) of the public opposing.
October 30, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Low earners (63%) and young people under 30 (47%) are seen as the biggest beneficiaries of the Chancellor's autumn statement by the public.

People who use public transport (72%) and business owners (66%) seen as the biggest 'losers'.

30 October
1,070 UK adults
October 30, 2024 at 6:54 PM
UK business leaders are most likely to say that today's Autumn Statement makes them feel "concerned" (25%), shortly followed by "apprehensive" (22%).

Just one in five (20%) business owners and senior leaders say they feel "positive".

8-23 October 2023
1,000 UK biz leaders
October 30, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Kemi Badenoch (32%) has a slight edge over Robert Jenrick (23%) among Conservative councillors.

However, three in ten (28%) remain undecided and 15% say they are not planning on vote at all.

11-16 October 2024
379 Conservative councillors
October 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM
In six different European countries, citizens are at least twice as likely to say Harris election victory would be better for European security than a Trump win.

Savanta's new EMEA omnibus poll takes a pulse of public sentiment in over 50 EMEA markets:

savanta.com/eu/our-produ...
October 10, 2024 at 4:37 PM
One in seven (14%) UK business leaders say if tax burden on their companies were to increase, they will look to base their business elsewhere.

Seven in ten (72%) say they'd keep their business based in the UK, while 14% also say they don't know.

1,000 UK biz leaders
11-26 Sept
October 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM
UK public is more than twice as likely to support (48%) assisted dying than oppose (21%).

Assisted dying is backed in principle by voters across the political spectrum, including Labour (50%), Conservatives (54%), Lib Dems (58%) and Reform UK (61%).

28-30 Sept
2,000 UK adults
October 4, 2024 at 8:03 AM
We asked the general public to give us one word to describe all four Conservative leadership candidates.

This is what they said about Kemi Badenoch.

#CPC24
October 2, 2024 at 12:39 PM
We asked the general public to give us one word to describe all four Conservative leadership candidates.

This is what they said about Robert Jenrick.

#CPC24
October 2, 2024 at 12:39 PM
We asked the general public to give us one word to describe all four Conservative leadership candidates.

This is what they said about James Cleverly.

#CPC24
October 2, 2024 at 12:37 PM
We asked the general public to give us one word to describe all four Conservative leadership candidates.

This is what they said about Tom Tugendhat.

#CPC24
October 2, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Kemi Badenoch has the lowest net favourability of all four Conservative leadership candidates among the public (-11) and 2024 Conservative voters (+23).

Tom Tugendhat is the most popular candidate among the public (-4) and Conservative voters (+32).

20-22 Sept
2,050 UK adults

#CPC24
October 1, 2024 at 8:30 AM