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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Understanding the Welsh electorate: Mapping voter types ahead of the 2026 Senedd Election Our latest analysis, conducted for @BBCCymruWales, mapped the values and attitudes that shape the Welsh electorate today and grouped voters into six types that capture the real diversity of views across Wales ahead of the #SeneddElection on 7 May 2026. This mapping is used to inform a BBC Wales journalism project looking into how the Senedd election campaign develops online, and what types of content voters might be seeing. Full details here: natcen.ac.uk/publications/u… Read more: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #UndercoverVoters #Wales #Cymru #DataAnalysis

📢Expressions of interest are now open to join the new Social Survey Strategic Forum We are bringing together senior leaders across government and the survey sector to shape the future of UK social surveys. Closing date: 27 March 2026. Find out more: uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/invitatio…

Participatory research and community engagement in climate and health research 🌏 We are thrilled to share that @Envpol_AnnVu, Research Director at NatCen, in collaboration with colleagues from Chile and Zimbabwe, has published a paper in the @WHOBulletin. The research draws on lessons from projects in Zimbabwe and Vietnam. This paper draws on research from our @wellcometrust funded project funded project exploring the #HealthImpacts of Climate Change on outdoor urban workers in Vietnam. Find out more: climate-health-vietnam.org/participatory

Save the dates: 17–18 June 2026 for the Survey Futures International Conference. Two days of findings and insights on improving social surveys. Hosted by @CityStGeorges. www1.essex.ac.uk/online_shop/co… #SurveyFutures #SocialResearch

Explore more in British Social Attitudes 2025: A First Look. natcen.ac.uk/publications/b…

How have attitudes towards tax and public spending changed? New findings from the British Social Attitudes survey show a clear shift in public opinion. 📉 36% say government should increase taxes and spend more, down 19 points since 2022 and the lowest level since 2013. 📈 19% now say taxes and spending should be reduced, an all-time high, and more than double the figure recorded in 2022 (8%).

Is Britain turning against first-past-the-post? New analysis from the British Social Attitudes survey shows a significant shift in public opinion on the UK’s electoral system. For decades, support for keeping the current first-past-the-post system consistently outweighed backing for change. Until 2017, support for keeping the system rarely dipped below 50%, while support for switching to a more proportional system rarely rose above 40%. The shift has also cut across party lines. While Conservative supporters traditionally favoured keeping first-past-the-post, in 2025 slightly more now support change (52%) than oppose it (48%). Majorities of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green supporters continue to favour reform. #BritishSocialAttitudes #Democracy #ElectoralReform #PublicOpinion

@theipaper Worth giving the whole report from @NatCen a read too, it's not too long: natcen.ac.uk/publications/b…

Last chance to register !Join us tomorrow (12 Feb, 13:00–14:00) as we break down the latest British Social Attitudes findings with leading experts. Tax & spending. Immigration. Welfare. Electoral reform. Assisted dying. Plus live Q&A. natcen.ac.uk/events/british…

Rising share of UK public in favour of tax and spending cuts ft.trib.al/V7EWUsg

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📣 New British Social Attitudes findings published today Public support for higher taxes and increased public spending has fallen sharply since 2022, while political divisions over the role of the state have widened to levels not previously seen. Just 36% now say government should increase taxes and spend more on health, education and welfare, the lowest level since 2013 and down 19 percentage points in three years. Attitudes are increasingly divided by party support, with just 21% of Conservative and Reform supporters backing higher taxes and spending, compared with 52% of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green supporters. Elsewhere, priorities within welfare are shifting, and while attitudes towards immigration have become more sceptical in recent years, they remain less negative than a decade ago. The survey also finds continued majority support for assisted dying, with 79% saying it should be allowed.

🗓️ 25 Feb 2026 | 11:30–13:00 (GMT+7) Join Beyond Lip Service: Co-producing Knowledge & Action with Marginal Urban Communities under Climate Change! 🌍 🎙️ Speakers: Dr Anh Vu, Phoebe Weston‑Stanley, Zia Rehman, Dr Giang Thu Nguyen, Dr Loc Duc Nguyen, Eva Yeung, Dr Manlika Sukitpaneenit 👉Register: natcen.ac.uk/events/beyond-…

EVENT: Beyond Lip Service: Co-producing Knowledge & Action under Climate Change | Online, 25 Feb 2026, 11:30–12:30 (GMT+7). Explore community-led responses to climate change & urban inequality with Asian city case studies. Register: natcen.ac.uk/events/beyond-…

EVENT: British Social Attitudes (BSA): First Look 🗓️12 Feb 2026 | 🕐 13:00–14:00 (online) Hear from Sir John Curtice, @AlexScholes6, @Helen_Barnard , @robfordmancs & @NinaSkero as they unpack the latest insights on British public attitudes to welfare, taxation, immigration and more. natcen.ac.uk/events/british… #BSA #BritishSocialAttitudes #NatCen #PublicOpinion #SocialResearch

Our latest paper compares 2 systematic literature reviews (English & Vietnamese) to show how language shapes #Climate-#Health knowledge. Find out more: climate-health-vietnam.org/what-difference @RGS_IBGhe @wellcometrust

📢 British Social Attitudes 2024 data now available The latest BSA 2024 dataset is now publicly available via the UK Data Service, giving researchers access to Britain’s longest-running study of social and political attitudes. Explore the data here: #details" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/studies/study/…

Trigger warning: suicide, suicidal thoughts, gambling harms Published this week with @GambleAware, our new research explores the link between gambling harms and suicidality in Great Britain. Using a nationally representative survey of over 11,000 people alongside in-depth interviews, we found that one in five people experiencing the highest levels of gambling harm had attempted suicide, with most linking their attempt directly to gambling. In this video, Dr Sokratis Dinos, explains why suicide prevention and gambling support cannot be treated separately, and why integrated, long-term, stigma-aware support is essential to reducing harm.

EVENT: Beyond Lip Service: Co-producing Knowledge & Action under Climate Change | Online, 25 Feb 2026, 11:30–12:30 (GMT+7). Explore community-led responses to climate change & urban inequality with Asian city case studies. Register: natcen.ac.uk/events/beyond-…

🎙️Great to see our Research Director, Mary McKaskill, featuring on Talking Family Law – the Resolution Podcast, discussing the evidence behind the repeal of the presumption of parental involvement and what it means in practice. Give it a listen here: resolution.org.uk/podcast/