30 May 2024
Net Zero is good news – and the public want it front and centre
The evidence says voters want political action on climate change. New research from Climate Outreach, in association with More in Common, tells us that, when polled, most people think Net Zero will be good for the economy. They clamour for ambitious, meaningful policies on climate change. That’s true across the country and across income brackets.
30 May 2024
Luke Tryl, the UK director of More in Common, said that while the results suggest national service is not a “game-changer” of a policy, there is a “danger” for Labour to be seen to “rubbish it outright as a concept”.
30 May 2024
"Hopefully we can get on with it, because what we’ve got happening at the moment isn’t really working, is it?” That was how Gemma, a construction manager, reacted to last week’s general election announcement. She was one of nine undecided voters in the new parliamentary seat of Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, who More in Common spoke to as part of a focus group on Wednesday evening.
30 May 2024
The key to saving the Tories from a 1997-style Labour landslide at the general election lies in the hands of a group of suburban Brexiteers dubbed “Whitby Woman”, pollsters believe.
These crucial voters, defined as women with an average age of 61 who voted for Boris Johnson in 2019 but are now undecided, are thought to be the main demographic standing between the Conservatives and “disaster territory” on July 4.
29 May 2024
Top 1% of UK earners cause 'seven times more transport emissions than average', report finds
The idea of taxing the travel of those who can most afford it is quite popular in the UK and Europe, according to separate polling by thinktank More in Common.
Its April poll found that if green taxes were to be added on flying, the public would want them to start with private jets and first-class flyers.
27 May 2024
Although most MRP models suggest the Greens will hold Brighton Pavilion, albeit with a significantly reduced majority, Ed Hodgson, research manager for More in Common, said: “National polling, even when modelled onto specific seats, doesn’t capture local stories.
“Anti-incumbent mood is high across the country, and it’s very possible that Brighton voters switch their votes to Labour in protest at this election.”