13 October 2022
Op-ed by More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl.
Defeating Putin will mean doing more to help Ukraine on the frontline, supplying, and persuading others to send more military equipment to help Zelensky’s army to defeat the Russians. It will mean doing more on the Home Front too to support those who need sanctuary in our country while the war continues, through bolstering the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
13 October 2022
The Government has been urged to “be part of the solution, not further trauma” for Ukrainian refugees by ensuring they can find housing when they come to move on from sponsored placements. Concern is growing that the Homes for Ukraine scheme is being “quietly phased out”, groups have said.
13 October 2022
More than 30 organisations have written to the Prime Minister seeking public assurances that the scheme will continue to receive Government backing and financial support. The groups – including More in Common, the Refugee Council and the Sanctuary Foundation – are calling for an extra winter payment to recognise hosts’ generosity during the cost-of-living crisis.
10 October 2022
Party conferences are always slightly surreal — politicos, lobbyists and journalists crammed together living off a diet of warm white wine and beige snacks. But rarely have I felt a contrast more jarring than between the halls of the Birmingham International Convention Centre and pitchside at Swindon FC, where we spoke with voters the day after the Conservative Party conference had finished.
7 October 2022
And it's been a hectic few weeks at the major party conferences, but what do the voters really think of the state of politics? Lewis went to a focus group in Swindon to ask what they make of Liz Truss and her opposite number Keir Starmer. Polly Billington, former Special Advisor to Ed Miliband, and Luke Tryl, former special advisor to ex-Conservative minister Nicky Morgan, and current director of public opinion research agency More in Common are with him to dissect the results.
6 October 2022
If history will not serve as a warning, perhaps the government would like to take a look at More in Common and Public First’s research which has detailed the segments of voters that built the Tory voter coalition of 2019. It shows that the Conservatives continually grew their vote share in successive elections by capturing more and more of the centre, whilst simultaneously preventing fractures on the right. Despite outward appearances, the Tories were always getting stronger.