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We regularly convene events, speak at conferences and deliver webinars, to share our latest insights and findings. Find out more about opportunities to hear about our research below.
We regularly convene events, speak at conferences and deliver webinars, to share our latest insights and findings. Find out more about opportunities to hear about our research below.
On the eve of the government’s second Budget, the Doom Loop feels deeper still. In this briefing, we look at the public’s expectations and preferences, and the political stakes for the Government.
After a dramatic week that culminated in the government seizing control of British Steel, our polling reveals what the public think about the events leading up to this moment, and the decisions made to keep the furnaces burning.
Following the announcement of 10% tariffs on all UK exports to the United States, new polling from More in Common shows that two-thirds of Britons are worried about tariffs, with fears of impact on the cost of living and a transatlantic relationship Britons increasingly see as fraught and unstable.
In October 2024, More in Common published Doom Loop, a report on public opinion on the economy ahead of the Autumn Budget. That study highlighted deep economic pessimism among the public, concern that things were going backwards and tough choices facing the Chancellor. New polling from More in Common reveals that since the budget, this sense of doom has only deepened. The public are both deeply anxious and pessimistic about the economy, with little faith in the Government’s ability to make things better.
Following Labour’s highly anticipated — and somewhat dreaded — Autumn Statement, polling by More in Common shows mixed public reactions. Alongside some highly popular policies and a small improvement in the government’s approval ratings, the budget has left some Britons with a persisting sense of pessimism. Labour now faces the challenge of restoring the public’s trust and delivering on their economic promises.
More in Common’s pre-budget briefing finds a public deeply anxious ahead of the Budget this week – the top words that people use to describe how they are feeling are “worried”, “anxious”, and “nervous”. Failure to handle this properly could push the public into a fulfilling doom loop where more people withdraw from politics altogether.
A look at how the public approach the topic of social mobility and how the party manifestos stack up – based on polling and focus group research in partnership with the Sutton Trust.
Putting the public and communities in the driving seat
Our research into the public’s starting points on international trade in post-Brexit Britain reveals that Britons want to see trade delivering on economic growth, jobs and choice for consumers – and shows a clear path for how they want that to happen.
Over the past year, More in Common and Kantar Public have surveyed over 10,000 people, to try and better understand what the British public thinks about issues of inequality, fairness and the gap between the haves and have nots. This longitudinal lens has allowed us to see the impact of the rising cost of living, from the beginnings of the crisis in Britain last winter to the present day, and how it has imprinted on public attitudes.
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