Half of Britons Disagree with Public Pension Reform Plan
Across Britain, 52 per cent believe the recent strikes from public sector workers are justified.
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(05/15/12) -
Only a third of people in Britain are in favour of the Government’s plan to implement changes to public sector pensions, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative sample of 2,003 British adults, 50 per cent of respondents oppose the plan to introduce a single tier system and rise the pension age to 67 between 2026 and 2028. Only 34 per cent of Britons support the idea.
More than half of respondents (52%) believe the strikes against the proposed pension reforms from public sector workers are justified.
One-in-five Britons (21%) saw all or part of the Queen’s speech last week, and 43 per cent were exposed to post-speech media coverage. Among these respondents, just over a third (37%) believe the bills outlined in the document will be positive for Britain, while 44 per cent think they will be negative.
In Britain, 44 per cent of respondents believe the tradition of the Queen’s speech should remain as it is, while eight per cent would like the document to be read by the Prime Minister. One-in-five respondents (20%) consider the speech irrelevant, and 16 per cent would abandon the Queen’s speech altogether.
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Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public Opinion
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Methodology: From May 10 to May 12, 2012, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted an online survey among 2,003 randomly selected British adults who are Springboard UK panelists. The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/- 2.2%. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Great Britain. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.
