DWP Customer Experience Survey: Benefit Customers 2025 to 2026
Presents results from the DWP’s 2025–26 customer experience survey covering benefit claimants’ satisfaction and service experience with DWP between April 2025 and March 2026.
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How does the public understand government?
Institute for Government report examines how the public understands government, analysing public perceptions and civic knowledge to inform communication and accountability reforms.
How urban, suburban and rural Americans engage in society
Finds that urban, suburban and rural Americans participate in public life at broadly similar overall rates, but differ in the specific civic activities they undertake, with variation across community types in how they engage.
Five Policy Lessons from the CFM-NIESR Survey
Five lessons from the CFM‑NIESR survey warn the new Chancellor faces the highest borrowing costs in the G7, a fiscal consolidation concentrated toward an election year and contested cash spending plans, informing short‑term budget priorities.
Mycoplasma genitalium antimicrobial resistance surveillance (MARS)
Publishes surveillance data on antimicrobial resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium from specimens collected at sexual health clinics across England, updating findings relevant to treatment and public‑health responses.
Market Participants Survey results – September 2026
The Market Participants Survey reports expectations on UK monetary policy from professionals active in UK rates markets, summarising their views on future Bank Rate and policy direction ahead of upcoming MPC decisions.
Beyond ADMET: AI for medicines safety - survey
MHRA and its Regulatory Innovation Office invite organisations to complete a survey on the use of artificial intelligence across medicines development, to gather views on benefits, risks and regulatory implications.
DWP Customer Experience Survey: Child Maintenance Service Customers 2025 to 2026
Summarises the DWP’s 2025–26 customer experience survey for Child Maintenance Service users, reporting on ease of use, satisfaction and service experience between April 2025 and March 2026.
Do people trust China, the U.S. or the EU to regulate AI?
Across 12 surveyed countries, a median 43% say they trust China to effectively regulate AI, compared with 35% for the United States and 34% for the European Union, according to Pew Research Center polling.
Americans’ views of China have warmed in recent years
Pew Research Center finds Americans’ feelings toward China have warmed since 2021 but remain largely negative, with pronounced partisan and generational divides shaping attitudes.
Concerns about AI are especially widespread in high-income countries
Pew’s survey of 41,113 adults across 37 countries finds that concerns about AI’s growth and economic effects are more common in high-income countries than in middle-income nations.
Americans’ views of data centers have turned more negative
Public opinion in the US toward data centres has become more negative since January, while a substantial share of Americans remain unfamiliar or uncertain about what data centres are and how they affect communities and the environment.
Pesticide usage survey report: outdoor vegetable crops in the United Kingdom 2025
A pesticide usage survey reports on applications of pesticides to outdoor vegetable crops harvested in the 2025 season across the UK, detailing usage patterns and crop-specific pesticide information.
Globally, More People Expect AI to Cause Job Loss Than Growth
A 37‑country Pew Research Center survey finds more respondents expect AI to cause job losses than to create net job growth, expressing both concern and excitement and reporting pessimism about AI’s likely effect on economic inequality.
What do young people around the world think about AI?
Surveying 37 countries, Pew finds many young adults are simultaneously excited and worried about AI’s future impacts, though views vary significantly by country and demographic group.
WEEKEND READING: Part Two: From loneliness to belonging: what can universities actually do?
Pre‑arrival Academic Questionnaire pilot data from over 7,800 new students at 15 English institutions confirms widespread transition challenges — from loneliness to belonging — and the blog discusses practical university actions to improve student integration.
IPO counterfeit goods research (Wave 5)
Fifth wave of a large-scale UK consumer survey tracking purchase of counterfeit goods among adults (18+), measuring prevalence, purchase channels and consumer attitudes toward counterfeit products.
Latter-day Saints are highly religious, though not uniformly so
Latter‑day Saints are generally highly religious but with variation: members in the Mountain region and those with higher education levels report especially high religiosity, so observance is not uniform across the group.
Latter-day Saints largely identify as Republican but stand out from their partisan peers on diversity issues
While Latter‑day Saints largely identify as Republican, 75% of Latter‑day Saint Republicans say racial and ethnic diversity strengthens the country versus about 60% of Republicans overall, marking them as more favourable on this issue.
Who has heard or read a lot about AI, and how is awareness changing?
In 37 countries surveyed, most adults have at least some awareness of AI, but the share who have heard or read a lot ranges widely — over half in Japan and Germany, versus around one-in-ten or fewer in some countries.
Latter-day Saints have strong communal ties and high social trust
About 48% of Latter‑day Saints say most people can be trusted, compared with 34% of U.S. adults overall, indicating higher social trust among this religious group.
Latter-day Saints: Happy in their family lives, traditional in gender roles
Latter‑day Saints report higher family life satisfaction and are more likely than many Americans to marry within their religion, reflecting stronger family orientation and traditional gender role attitudes.
Lifelong Latter-day Saints are more religious than both former members and converts
Individuals raised in the Latter‑day Saint church who remain members are more religious than those who left or who converted, and their demographics differ in notable ways from former members and converts.
How Brazilians view their country ahead of 2026 elections
Polling ahead of Brazil’s Oct 4, 2026 elections identifies four key public views on the country’s state and its principal trading partners, offering insights into voter sentiment and international priorities before the vote.
Politics: Sept. 18
Monthly digest of public‑attitude research that highlights, among other findings, the share of people with bachelor’s degrees who say “working class” describes them extremely or very well, compared with 66% of those without bachelor’s degrees.
Americans value press freedom but differ on its limits
Most Americans express strong support for press freedom but are split on what limits are acceptable, showing disagreement over issues such as government access to journalists’ information amid legal disputes like the DOJ–LinkedIn case.
Tradition and Change Among Latter-day Saints in the U.S.
US members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remain highly religious and politically conservative, but the study finds emerging demographic and social shifts within the faith community pointing to change over time.