2 February 2023
Just take a look at some of the polling that has come out in the last few days on this issue. Results of a More In Common survey carried out by Public First are eye-watering. A couple of stats really jumped out at me. For those who say they have been a victim of crime, most (54 per cent) say they were not satisfied with the police response, while nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) say that the crime was not solved.
1 February 2023
The latest thread by More in Common’s Luke Tryl reporting from a focus group of 2019 Tory voters in Blyth. “I switched to Aldi, batch cook, got an electric blanket and only do free things for the kids but even that’s not enough now,” one participant said.
31 January 2023
Luke Tryl, of the thinktank More in Common, which carries out focus groups (including for the Guardian) says: “Part of the reason the government strategy of ‘stick it to the unions’ isn’t working, is that people’s approval of the government is so low, that their general inclination is not to take the government’s side on the issue.”
30 January 2023
The public places little trust in police to solve crimes and think anti-social behaviour in the UK is out of control, according to a new report. The More in Common think tank carried out surveys which showed 68 per cent of the public believe the police have given up on trying to solve crimes like shoplifting and burglaries altogether.
Almost half surveyed said they don’t trust police officers, despite the survey being carried out before the crimes of serial rapist PC David Carrick were revealed to the public.
30 January 2023
‘I used to play in the park at night. If you went to play in the park at night now, you wouldn’t come back, would you?’ That was the damning verdict of Paul from The Wirral when we asked about local community spaces. He wasn’t alone. Laura from Sheffield told us she wouldn’t dare take the kids to the ‘little park round the corner because it’s covered in glass and graffiti’.
That anti-social behaviour is making so many local parks – the public spaces that are supposed to sit at the heart of our communities – into no-go areas, is just one of the damning findings from More in Common’s year-long study into attitudes to crime and policing.
30 January 2023
More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl featured on TalkTV to discuss the findings of our latest report