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

Women are less likely than men to think sex criminals will be caught and punished

Figures are about the same as in 2024

Most of our sample of civil servants think Whitehall is working well, but there are clear concerns about accountability over performance

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

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

Keir Stamer’s favourability ratings fall, as other leaders’ ratings remain largely unchanged from last month

A majority in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support allowing an independent Scotland to join

But not on the terms that we had before we left

18% of Britons say they are open to considering voting for a left-wing party led by Jeremy Corbyn at a future election

Where the Conservatives were generally seen to be handling terrorism well, the public are divided on Labour

More than a third of Britons believe agencies like the police, justice system and local councils would act the same way today as they did in the early 2010s

Two thirds of Conservative to Reform UK defectors could be open to returning to the party

But half of the public feel recent rise in claimants is not due to genuine health problems

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

Only on immigration is any party seen as best placed to handle the issue by more than quarter of Britons

Labour projected to lose over 200 seats, with the Conservatives falling to fourth place

A belief that Labour have broken or not delivered on their promises is the top motivation for defecting to a different party

YouGov looks at how the country would vote today, across factors from gender, age, education, class, income, housing tenure and previous voting record

There has been a sizeable increase in the number of Britons saying the UK should seek a stronger relationship with Europe rather than the USA