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It shows that only one per cent of the public find education as an important issue in Britain and nearly half of those (46 per cent) quizzed last month said NHS was one of the most important issues.

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Public opinion is with this government when it heads abroad: Insights West's poll found that a staggering 67 per cent of Canadians rate the Liberals as «good» or «very good» at representing Canada internationally.

In 2002, an Ipsos - Reid poll found that 86 per cent of Canadians believed that the federal government should do something to alleviate public concerns about media concentration.

(9) While the number of approved requests for residential properties from China has increased in recent years, the Parliament of Australia's Report on Foreign Investment in Residential Real Estate (2014) found that Chinese purchases only absorbed two per cent of new housing stock, contrary to public perceptions.

On legislative votes, the PCs and Wildrose voted together 90.2 per cent of the time, and on money votes — matters concerning the expenditure of public funds — they voted together 95.8 per cent of the time, the study found.

A survey of more than 2,000 Christians has found only one in four play sport regularly - ten per cent less than the general public.

Christian Aid has taken a stand after a new ComRes poll found that 80 per cent of public agree it is morally wrong for banks to profit from investments that pollute the environment, while 77 per cent believe banks should be stopped from doing so.

A modelling exercise for the Resolution Foundation by the Institute for Employment Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds that on the basis of annual average UK growth of 2.5 per cent from 2015 - 2020 — an optimistic scenario — and no further cuts in public spending, living standards will fall for low and middle income households by between 3 and 15 per cent (Brewer et al., 2012).

Support for the use of force to eject Iraq from Kuwait in 1991 was more muted: in January 1991, ICM found 45 per cent of the public wanted either to do nothing or stop short of the use of force.

The research also found 16 % of members of the general public saying the change made it more likely they would back Miliband at the 2015 general election, compared to just four per cent who said otherwise.

EVAW called for «Compulsory Sex and Relationships Education to ensure that all schools tackle harmful attitudes and behaviours amongst young people», and this was accompanied by a survey by YouGov which found that 86 per cent of the public thinking that «it should be compulsory for secondary schools to provide sex and relationships education which addresses sexual consent and respectful relationships» — with 48 per cent also thinking this for primary schools.

The CEBR report found that if the Government raised the rate of corporation tax from 21 per cent to 26 per cent - the result of equalising the tax rate between big and small business - would cost around 100,000 jobs from the small business sector and reduce economic output by # 4.3 bn, while reducing the public sector deficit by only # 1.6 bn over 10 years.

The Financial Times suggested that in order to find additional cuts of # 30 - 40bn, the incoming government might have to cut public sector pay by 5 per cent, freeze benefits for a year, means - test child benefit, abolish winter fuel payments, and cut free TV licences and bus passes.

The survey, which looked at the public's perception of the leaders» personalities, also found 36 per cent of the population believe Mr Miliband would have been bullied at school.

A 2010 Arizona's Office of the Auditor General report found minimum security prisoners cost 33 cents (20p) a day more per prisoner than public ones.

The research found that six in 10 people are dissatisfied with Osborne, including a third of Conservative supporters - compared with just 46 per cent of the public in the month before the Budget.

The latest Ipsos Mori survey found the Ukip leader struggling to maintain his positive reputation with the public, earning a personal approval rating of -5, a drop of four per cent since last month.

Seventy per cent of the public have an unfavourable view of energy firms, with just five per cent still having a favourable view, pollsters Comres found.

The court said there was a miscarriage of justice when an Accra Fast Track High Court on June 18.2008, found him guilty on three counts of wilfully causing financial loss of GH cents 230,000 to the state and another count of misapplying public property.

A review of the multi-agency public protection arrangements (Mapp) finds that of the 17,680 violent and sexual offenders monitored in the community last year, 1,540 breached their licence conditions, up 18 per cent on the previous year.

A ComRes poll for The Independent today finds 55 per cent of voters favour public spending cuts to reduce Britain's debts, against 38 per cent who want taxes to be increased.

«35 per cent of the UK public think that scientists adjust their findings to get the answers they want»

Using the Education Department statistics, Mr. Chronister and Mr. Baldwin found that private liberal - arts colleges employed the largest proportion of full - timers on contract — 28.6 per cent, while public comprehensive institutions employed the smallest proportion — 14.8.

Arthur D. Little, a firm of consultants found that 83 per cent of the British public regard environmental damage as a serious crime, but only 67 per cent of executives agree.

A national opinion poll conducted immediately after the 2012 Olympics found that 55 per cent of respondents believed that the public expenditure of the Games had been well worth the investment.

The research from Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Southern Denmark found that the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes was cut by between 30 and 40 per cent with just 3.5 hours of yoga and other muscle - strengthening activities along with aerobic exercise a week.

Moreover, a 2014 Public Health England report found that the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity students engaged with at 11 years of age had an effect on academic performance across English, maths and science, including final GCSE exam results, with active students found to achieve up to 20 per cent higher results than non ‑ active students.

A Freedom of Information investigation by Children and Young People Now magazine in 2013 found that 31 per cent of local authorities closed public playgrounds between 2010 and 2013 and cut spending on play by 38.8 per cent during the same period (# 67.9 million in 2010/11 — # 41.5 million in 2013/14).

Public Opinion A YouGov poll found that only 38 per cent of people believe the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, which suggests there isn't a huge amount of public support for thePublic Opinion A YouGov poll found that only 38 per cent of people believe the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, which suggests there isn't a huge amount of public support for thepublic support for the idea.

A poll by public service Unison has found that 47 per cent of respondents to a poll report that support staff have been cut in last year as funding has become tight.

The latest survey follows a 2017 study by the Public Service Commission which found that only 40 per cent of teachers believed that their level of work - related stress was acceptable, leaving 60 per cent to deal with what they believed to be unacceptable stress levels.

This is particularly pertinent in relation to the recruitment of management level staff, as surveys have found that 93 per cent of public sector workers believe a lack of effective leaders is the biggest challenge that they face.

The report finds that Local authority funding for buses in rural areas has fallen by 25 per cent in the past four years, while around half of people in smaller villages do not have access to any public transport.

The research ranks Victorian schools VCE results of similar or «like» private and public schools and median score, per cent of 40 + scores, total government (Federal and State) funding per student as shown on the MySchool website and Year 12 fees found on individual school websites.

A compilation of public statements on climate change found 97 per cent consensus among published climate scientists.

The findings show that the average value of road traffic accident (RTA) personal injury claims rose by 3.4 per cent, while insurance pay - outs for small employers» and public liability (EL / PL) personal injury claims also increased by an average of 10 and 12 per cent respectively in this period.

Over 85 per cent of respondents deemed it acceptable for lawyers to access and use the information found on the online social networking profiles of the parties in a case, which forms part of the public domain, as evidence in proceedings.

Key findings in the the Faskens report include: When initiating a public contest for control, a hostile bidder was successful more than half the time; however, in those circumstances, the sale of the company was by no means inevitable, with targets of these bids remaining independent almost 30 per cent of the time.

«Our recent survey of family and friends carers found 20 per cent of the children have been in unrelated care before living with their kinship carer - in numerous cases this could have been avoided - which is in the interests of both the children and public purse.