The pandemic has not proved a ‘turning point in history’ - attitudes towards austerity and welfare had changed significantly before the crisis.
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Even as the news market transforms, BBC News is still the dominant force. Why?
From April 2017, payments to adult mental health services in the UK must be linked to outcomes. But it’s a bad idea.
Nottingham City Council are in trouble over a series of anti-begging posters – it’s important to know if their claims stack up.
The polling industry struggled to predict the last British election, and referendums are even harder.
New research finds clubs can help close the education gap and improve children’s social skills.
Survey shows voters want change in the EU but that economic uncertainty may well lead them to vote to remain.
New survey information puts paid to ‘shy Tories’ theory.
Cameron’s pledge may help some in social housing, but it offers no hope for everyone else who’s locked out of the market.
The UK is now a world leader on global gay rights – but when it comes to upholding them for asylum seekers, it’s a very different matter.
New data published today from NatCen’s British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey reveals an increase in satisfaction with the NHS – up to 65% from 60% in 2013. At the same time, dissatisfaction is at its lowest…
Sexual abuse of children has been in the news in recent months; the coverage of a devastating report on the abuse of at least 1,400 children in Rotherham over a number of years, in the face of official…
Services for women fleeing domestic abuse and sexual violence in the UK have developed over the past 40 years, from grassroots services staffed by volunteers to a professionalised (if still small) sector…
With the media once again full of stories of a celebrity facing accusations of committing historical child sexual abuse, it is important that we keep sight of the risks young people face today and of realistic…
It was simultaneously heartening and dispiriting to see the release of a survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the prevalence of violence against women in Europe. Dispiriting…
For researchers, social media is a veritable goldmine of opportunity. Every day, reams and reams of naturally occurring data are produced by users of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. At any given moment…
We are in a time when the focus on allegations of sexual abuse is intense. Accurate and comprehensive statistics on the prevalence of sexual abuse remain elusive, but the figures that do exist indicate…
Since the 1970s, family life in the UK has changed dramatically. Increases in relationship breakdown, remarriage and repartnering have seen us move away from the traditional, two-parent nuclear family…
Hard Evidence is a series of articles that looks at some of the trickiest public policy questions we face. Academic experts delve into available research evidence to provide informed analysis you won’t…
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Researcher, children and young people, National Centre for Social Research
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Co-Director of the Centre for Evaluation, National Centre for Social Research
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Former Director, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Researcher, National Centre for Social Research
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Research Director, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Researcher, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Researcher, Children & Young People, National Centre for Social Research
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Head of Children, Families & Work, Policy Research Centre, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Researcher, National Centre for Social Research
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Director of Survey Research Centre, National Centre for Social Research
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Researcher, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Researcher, Crime & Justice, National Centre for Social Research
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Director of Crime and Justice, National Centre for Social Research
