The economy was seen by 50 percent of people in the UK as one of the top three issues facing the country in March 2026, with immigration seen as the top issue by 49 percent of people. Health was the next most important issue that month, selected by 32 percent of people. These three issues have consistently been identified as the most important for voters for the majority of this time period, with defence and security seen as the fourth-most important issue this month. Who do voters think will handle these issues best? As of 2025, the Conservatives were seen as the best party for handling the economy by 21 percent of UK voters, the largest share for this particular issue. Reform was the leading party for the issue of immigration and integration, while Labour was ahead when it came to handling the National Health Service (NHS). In general, voters were quite split on which party would handle issues the best, with many respondents saying they weren't sure who would handle specific problems better than others. Labour's popularity in freefall Since winning the 2024 general election, the Labour government's popularity has fallen significantly. By the end of 2024, the new government was as disliked as the previous one, and by late 2025, their approval rating was almost as bad as that of the Liz Truss government of 2022. Labour's position in election polls has also deteriorated. After starting 2025 just behind Labour, the populist, right-wing Reform party finished the year leading the polls. Labour has also had to contend with a nascent Green Party, which, after electing a new leader in September 2025, has become steadily more popular, particularly in London and among younger voters.

As of January 2026, the economy was seen as the most important issue facing the UK according to young voters (aged between 18 and 24). Although immigration was the most important issue for the overall population, it was the joint-third most important issue for this age group.

A 2024 survey found that over half of individuals in Great Britain indicated that access to treatment and long waiting times were the biggest problem facing the national healthcare system. Access to treatment and/or long waiting times were also considered to be pressing issues. This statistic reveals the share of individuals who said select problems were the biggest facing the health care system in Great Britain in 2024.

This statistics shows the most important issues facing Great Britain according to an opinion poll among British adults in Great Britain during June of 2017. Of the respondents, ** percent reported they believed Britain leaving the EU (Brexit) to be the greatest issue their country was faced. National defense and security issues were a cause for concern to ** percent of respondents, while ** percent of respondents believed the current state of the healthcare system to be worrisome. Furthermore, issues concerning immigration and asylum policies were viewed as most important by ** percent of respondents.

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.

Graph and download economic data for New Capital Issues for Great Britain (M10022GBM431NNBR) from Jan 1917 to Jul 1939 about issues, United Kingdom, capital, and new.

In Great Britain, inflation was seen by 17 percent of people in July 2025 as being one of the most important issues facing the country, compared with 23 percent in April. This was down from a recent peak of 45 percent in the third quarter of 2022.

This statistic shows the opinion of British adults of the most important issues facing the United Kingdom (UK) in January 2015. Immigration and asylum were considered as important as the economy - both on ** percent - followed by health and welfare benefits.

This dataset contains the most recent sign incidents in York - covering a 30 days period. The information presented has been recorded in City of York Council’s customer relationship management (CRM) tool from January 2021 onwards. Please note the dataset excludes incidents created in the last 14 days. For all sign incidents - unresolved and closed ones, please see the Sign Problems - All Incidents dataset. For further information about sign problems and reporting sign problems please see the City of York Council’s website. *Please note that the data published within this dataset is a live API link to CYC's GIS server. Any changes made to the master copy of the data will be immediately reflected in the resources of this dataset. The date shown in the "Last Updated" field of each GIS resource reflects when the data was first published.

The most recent figures for incidence of TB in cattle in Great Britain is available here: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/incidence_of_tb_in_cattle_great_britain_

National statistics bringing together various sources of statistics relating to the incidence of TB in Cattle, Great Britain according to arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Source agency: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Incidence of TB in Cattle, Great Britain

If you require the datasets in a more accessible format, please contact tbstatistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Underlying data from the publication Credit debt and financial difficulty in Britain 2009-10. A report using data from the YouGov DebtTrack survey [URN 11/963]

The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on people, households and communities in Great Britain – indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN).

Dataset population: Persons

Age

Age is derived from the date of birth question and is a person's age at their last birthday, at 27 March 2011. Dates of birth that imply an age over 115 are treated as invalid and the person's age is imputed. Infants less than one year old are classified as 0 years of age.

Long-term health problem or disability

A long-term health problem or disability that limits a person's day-to-day activities and has lasted or is expected to last at least 12 months. This includes problems that are related to old age.

People were asked to assess whether their daily activities were limited a lot or a little by such a health problem, or whether their daily activities were not limited at all.

Religion

This is a person's current religion, or if the person does not have a religion, 'No religion'. No determination is made about whether a person was a practicing member of a religion. Unlike other census questions where missing answers are imputed, this question was voluntary and where no answer was provided, the response is categorised as 'Not stated'.

Sex

The classification of a person as either male or female.

The economic landscape of the United Kingdom has been significantly shaped by the intertwined issues of Brexit, COVID-19, and their interconnected impacts. Despite the country’s robust and diverse economy, the disruptions caused by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic have created uncertainty and upheaval for both businesses and individuals. Recognizing the magnitude of these challenges, academic literature has directed its attention toward conducting immediate research in this crucial area. This study sets out to investigate key economic factors that have influenced various sectors of the UK economy and have broader economic implications within the context of Brexit and COVID-19. The factors under scrutiny include the unemployment rate, GDP index, earnings, and trade. To accomplish this, a range of data analysis tools and techniques were employed, including the Box-Jenkins method, neural network modeling, Google Trend analysis, and Twitter-sentiment analysis. The analysis encompassed different periods: pre-Brexit (2011-2016), Brexit (2016-2020), the COVID-19 period, and post-Brexit (2020-2021). The findings of the analysis offer intriguing insights spanning the past decade. For instance, the unemployment rate displayed a downward trend until 2020 but experienced a spike in 2021, persisting for a six-month period. Meanwhile, total earnings per week exhibited a gradual increase over time, and the GDP index demonstrated an upward trajectory until 2020 but declined during the COVID-19 period. Notably, trade experienced the most significant decline following both Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the impact of these events exhibited variations across the UK’s four regions and twelve industries. Wales and Northern Ireland emerged as the regions most affected by Brexit and COVID-19, with industries such as accommodation, construction, and wholesale trade particularly impacted in terms of earnings and employment levels. Conversely, industries such as finance, science, and health demonstrated an increased contribution to the UK’s total GDP in the post-Brexit period, indicating some positive outcomes. It is worth highlighting that the impact of these economic factors was more pronounced on men than on women. Among all the variables analyzed, trade suffered the most severe consequences in the UK. By early 2021, the macroeconomic situation in the country was characterized by a simple dynamic: economic demand rebounded at a faster pace than supply, leading to shortages, bottlenecks, and inflation. The findings of this research carry significant value for the UK government and businesses, empowering them to adapt and innovate based on forecasts to navigate the challenges posed by Brexit and COVID-19. By doing so, they can promote long-term economic growth and effectively address the disruptions caused by these interrelated issues.

This study is part of a larger investigation that surveyed both cross-section and panel samples between 1963 and 1970, in an effort to analyze political change in Great Britain. Interviewing was conducted in four waves: the first wave in 1963, an election-free year, and the next three waves subsequent to the general elections in 1964, 1966, and 1970. The present study contains the data resulting from the 1966 electorate sample. POLITICAL CHANGE IN BRITAIN, 1963 (ICPSR 7232) presents data obtained from the 1963 national cross-section sample, POLITICAL CHANGE IN BRITAIN, 1964 (ICPSR 7233) includes the interviews administered to the 1964 electorate sample, and POLITICAL CHANGE IN BRITAIN, 1963-1970 (ICPSR 7250) comprises the master file that brings together the 1963, 1964, and 1966 samples as well as 11 additional panels. The interviews focused on the phenomenon of political change. General political attitudes and behaviors were ascertained, as well as possible sources for their change. Variables assessed respondents' sources of political information, perceptions of political parties and leaders, and views on governmental responsiveness, economic well-being, and other salient issues. Other questions probed partisan self-identification and the extent of political participation. The respondents' knowledge of members of parliament from their constituencies, and perceptions of social class and trade-union influence were also investigated. Semantic differential scales were employed to assess respondents' perceptions of the three main parties. Extensive demographic data were collected, including age, sex, marital status, number of children, religion, education, occupation, and income.

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This study aims to assess public opinion in general on the immigration issue and, in particular, the opinions of coloured people.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
1. National Sample
Satisfaction/dissatisfaction with way Government is running country/Mr Callaghan as Prime Minister/Mrs Thatcher as Leader of opposition. Party most inclined to support, intended vote if there was a General Election. Most important problem facing Britain, which political party has best policies on certain issues (e.g. industrial relations, unemployment, immigration). Main problems facing area in which respondent lives (e.g. vandalism, racial prejudice, traffic, overcrowded housing), which of these is most in need of improvement, proportion of coloured to white people in area. Whether believes different races should be segregated, estimated number of coloured immigrants entering Britain in 1977 and attitude, whether immigration should be restricted and, if so, whether this should apply to relatives of people already living in Britain, whether agrees with Government promise to permit entry to all British passport holders. Attitude to repatriation with/without financial assistance and most appropriate sum, whether feels race relations are improving or deteriorating, whether making immigration a major issue at the next General Election will affect this, self-perceived degree of racial prejudice. Whether respondent would be more likely to vote Conservative at next Election if they promised to stop immigration. Agreement/disagreement with several statements concerning the National Front.
Background Variables
Age cohort, sex, social class, employment status, trade union membership,marital status, country of birth of respondent and parents, length of residence in UK/in locality, occupation of head of household, vote at last General Election.
2. Asian and West Indian Samples
As above, with the addition of:
Most important reasons for coming to Britain (e.g. better education, better job, better housing, political reasons), whether expectations have been/will be fulfilled, likes and dislikes about living in Britain, whether with hindsight would still have chosen to come to Britain. Whether visited country of birth/parents birthplace since arrival, whether would like to live there permanently.
Background Variables
As above, including:
previous area of residence.

Underlying data from annex B for the report that uses data from the YouGov DebtTrack surveys to update trend information about credit use and the extent of consumer indebtedness in Britain. The analysis suggests a continued decrease in the proportion of households using unsecured credit, but little change in the average amount of unsecured debt among credit users. The data also indicated a decline in the incidence of financial difficulty.

This statistic shows the level of satisfaction with housing conditions among the British population in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2014, by broad region. Among respondents living in Greater London, approximately 19 percent complained about accommodation being too expensive and 25 percent complained about lack of space. In Scotland, 58 percent of respondents reported that none of these issues applied to their homes.

Stakeholder perceptions of the contexts in which welfare may be compromised, including the number who raised it and a description of the context as given by the stakeholders.