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On 20th June 2024, we asked our Trustwatch panel about what they think of the Conservative director of campaigning and his wife being looked into for bets on the date of the general election. On 25th June 2024, we had...
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Findings and commentary 1. Around half of the public (54%) feel that the general election campaigns represents people like them, especially those who plan to vote for the main parties, but concern remains from a significant proportion of the public...
It’s impossible to avoid the fact that this pandemic has been an intensely personal experience. All of us have seen our lives shrink in one way or another. We’ve been restricted to our homes, our local areas or workplaces, kept...
Many people have been busy decluttering under lockdown. And with many charity shops getting ready to reopen, Oxfam have asked people to call ahead before donating goods as a result of likely limited storage space. But the high demand for...
The return of some non-key worker children to school this week has provided some respite to parents struggling to balance work and home lives. While those children adapt to the new normal in their familiar environments, other children will have...
The relatively new Universal Credit system is being tested to its limit as hundreds of thousands of new applicants sign up, many of whom have lost their job due to the shutdown. The system has benefitted from being mostly online,...
Many argue that there hasn’t been enough international cooperation throughout the pandemic. Concerns that coordination with the EU has been hampered by politics especially prompts questions around our ability to work successfully with other countries. In these times of isolation...
Simon is in his fifties. He is in constant pain and has been for years. He can walk, but only a few hundred yards, and slowly. On his front door is a handwritten sign. In black marker pen, it reads:...
The government is now supporting the wages of employees of private companies in a way that has never been seen before. While millions have been furloughed, there is also a huge amount of uncertainty over the future of these jobs,...
‘! Get the facts about mail-in ballots’. This week Twitter added a fact-check label to one of Donald Trump’s tweets, which incorrectly claimed that plans for mail-in ballots would lead to voter fraud – on the grounds that they were...
Today’s Demos Daily is a CASM edition guest-edited by our Director of CASM, Alex Krasodomski-Jones: We are hours away from President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting social media companies. His latest rant revolves around postal voting, a long-time vehicle for...
