The economy was seen by 49 percent of people in the UK as one of the top three issues facing the country in June 2025. The ongoing cost of living crisis afflicting the UK, driven by high inflation, is still one of the main concerns of Britons. Immigration has generally been the second most important issue since the middle of 2024, just ahead of health, which was seen as the third-biggest issue in the most recent month. Labour's popularity continues to sink in 2025 Despite winning the 2024 general election with a strong majority, the new Labour government has had its share of struggles since coming to power. Shortly after taking office, the approval rating for Labour stood at -2 percent, but this fell throughout the second half of 2024, and by January 2025 had sunk to a new low of -47 percent. Although this was still higher than the previous government's last approval rating of -56 percent, it is nevertheless a severe review from the electorate. Among several decisions from the government, arguably the least popular was the government withdrawing winter fuel payments. This state benefit, previously paid to all pensioners, is now only paid to those on low incomes, with millions of pensioners not receiving this payment in winter 2024. Sunak's pledges fail to prevent defeat in 2024 With an election on the horizon, and the Labour Party consistently ahead in the polls, addressing voter concerns directly was one of the best chances the Conservatives had of staying in power in 2023. At the start of that year, Rishi Sunak attempted to do this by setting out his five pledges for the next twelve months; halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce national debt, cut NHS waiting times, and stop small boats. A year later, Sunak had at best only partial success in these aims. Although the inflation rate fell, economic growth was weak and even declined in the last two quarters of 2023, although it did return to growth in early 2024. National debt was only expected to fall in the mid to late 2020s, while the trend of increasing NHS waiting times did not reverse. Small boat crossings were down from 2022, but still higher than in 2021 or 2020. .

As of July 2025, the economy was seen as the most important issue facing the UK according to young voters (aged between 18 and 24). Compared with the overall population, housing and health were seen as more important issues than immigration, which was the joint-second most important issue for the general population.

In a ********* affordability survey, around ** percent of respondents in the United Kingdom (UK) indicated that they were making changes to their communication services, while ** percent said that they were reducing their spending elsewhere so that they can continue to afford these services. This was the first time since the beginning of the study in 2020 that reducing spending elsewhere received the highest response rate, along with the highest number of UK respondents in general, almost *********, who indicated that they are struggling to pay for their communication services including phones, broadband, television, and streaming services.

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Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) of what people report are the most important issues facing the UK. Uses longer data collection periods to allow estimates from various personal characteristics.

Sections distribution - Social problems in the UK : an introduction in the news

United Kingdom Number of New Issues: UK data was reported at 9.000 Unit in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.000 Unit for Sep 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: UK data is updated monthly, averaging 4.000 Unit from Jan 2018 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.000 Unit in Mar 2018 and a record low of 2.000 Unit in Sep 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: UK data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z012: London Stock Exchange: Number of Issues and Cancellations.

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Sentiment polarity - Social problems in the UK : an introduction in the news

According to a 2023 consumer survey, over ********* of shoppers in the United Kingdom (UK) had encountered delivery issues when shopping with Amazon. The main issue parcel recipients experienced with Amazon was that the parcel was left in an inappropriate location (** percent). Furthermore, there were problems with the package delivery being delayed, the delivery person not knocking loud enough or ringing the doorbell, and not having enough time to answer the door.

In the United Kingdom (UK), over a quarter of consumers encountered difficulties when trying to resolve delivery issues in 2022. Of these problems, around eight percent of surveyed consumers reported that parcel companies responded too slowly. Similarly, roughly seven percent of shoppers contacted delivery companies multiple times before getting a response.

In 2014, 14.5% of White British people were being treated for mental or emotional problems when surveyed, the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups.

In the 2 years to March 2023, an average of 4% of households in England had damp in at least one room of their home.

This report presents findings from the third (wave 3) in a series of follow up reports to the 2017 Mental Health of Children and Young People (MHCYP) survey, conducted in 2022. The sample includes 2,866 of the children and young people who took part in the MHCYP 2017 survey. The mental health of children and young people aged 7 to 24 years living in England in 2022 is examined, as well as their household circumstances, and their experiences of education, employment and services and of life in their families and communities. Comparisons are made with 2017, 2020 (wave 1) and 2021 (wave 2), where possible, to monitor changes over time.