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How Women Will Shape The Future Of British Politics

How Women Will Shape The Future Of British Politics

29 February 2024

2022 research from civic non-profit More In Common found that Britons rank ‘the debate about transgender people’ as the least-important issue facing the country today out of 16 possible choices.

How Women Will Shape The Future Of British Politics

BBC’s Israel-Hamas coverage inflames community tensions, says former attorney general

BBC’s Israel-Hamas coverage inflames community tensions, says former attorney general

26 February 2024

A survey of 2,000 people carried out by the think tank More in Common found that 15 per cent of those polled believe that the BBC’s coverage is pro-Palestinian and 17 per cent consider it to be pro-Israel.

BBC’s Israel-Hamas coverage inflames community tensions, says former attorney general

Two-thirds of Britons want ban on smartphones for under-16s

Two-thirds of Britons want ban on smartphones for under-16s

24 February 2024

More in Common's polling results hailed as ‘tipping point’ when public recognises devices have ‘transformed childhood’ for the ‘worse’

Two-thirds of Britons want ban on smartphones for under-16s

Major embarrassment for Welsh Labour as nearly two-thirds of country's voters back 'don't know' over Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles in contest to become next first minister

Major embarrassment for Welsh Labour as nearly two-thirds of country's voters back 'don't know' over Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles in contest to become next first minister

21 February 2024

Conleth Burns, associate director of More In Common, said: 'As Labour members cast their votes in the first minister leadership election, our polling shows Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Miles neck and neck in the polling.

'However, the in-tray facing the new first minister is stark. Three in five Welsh people think that the Welsh Government has done a bad job on the economy and the NHS

'And what they want to see from the next first minister is a strong vision for the future rather than the next first minister running on their record in government.'

Major embarrassment for Welsh Labour as nearly two-thirds of country's voters back 'don't know' over Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles in contest to become next first minister

For UK Labour, Gaza is the crisis that just won’t go away

For UK Labour, Gaza is the crisis that just won’t go away

21 February 2024

Luke Tryl of the More in Common initiative, who regularly tests public opinion through focus groups and polling, agrees.

The electoral geography, he says, is such that “progressive activist voters” — those who are most dismayed by Labour’s position on Gaza — tend to be in safe Labour urban seats.

“Muslim voters themselves rank economy, cost of living and NHS higher,” he says.

For UK Labour, Gaza is the crisis that just won’t go away