What is the one news story the British public have heard most about in the last week?

A narrative that London is unsafe is now common currency across the wider UK

Kemi Badenoch now tied with Keir Starmer on who would be the better PM

Feelings of Northern-ness extend south of the official border, while parts of East Anglia don’t feel Southern

YouGov survey finds Elon Musk continues to be very unpopular in the UK following new controversy over his firm’s Grok AI tool

The Lib Dems and Labour with Ed Davey as prime minister is the least unpopular coalition combination polled

Net approval of the government’s handling of the cost of living reaches its lowest level since YouGov began tracking in October 2022

What is the one news story the British public have heard most about in the last week?

Immigration is the most commonly given issue for Britons, with almost one in four (23%) saying that tackling this should be the government’s top priority this year.

The public are divided on whether the raid should have been responded to with condemnation or neutrality

YouGov European tracker series looks at Donald Trump's popularity in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain

YouGov European tracker series looks at the popularity of the leaders of Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain

The Budget tops our list, although most of the top ten are international, rather than UK, news events

The continent is divided in whether to keep supporting Ukraine or encouraging a negotiated peace, and suspect Donald Trump wants Russia to win

YouGov examines support for measures announced in the government’s new animal welfare strategy

The majority in all countries also say that their national state pension is not generous enough

Britons are split over whether 2025 was a good or average year for them, but think it was a bad year for the country

What is the one news story the British public have heard most about in the last week?

A new YouGov survey finds that 10% of Britons intend to go teetotal for the first month of 2026

A new YouGov survey finds that 3% of Britons intend to go vegan for the first month of 2026.