Do you think stand‑up comedy should or should not be eligible for government arts and culture funding? Should: 44% Should not: 28% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Few Britons see the outcome of the US-Iran war as a success for either side, and are particular more likely to say it's not been a success for the US US Great/moderate success: 12% Not much/at all a success: 72% Iran Great/moderate: 26% Not much/at all: 55%

Scots tend to think that it's more important for the Scottish government to prioritise extracting all North Sea oil it can than to meet its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2045 Extracting all North Sea oil: 51% Meeting net zero by 2045: 36% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Do Europeans think it was right to admit Hungary to the EU? In all 5 countries surveyed, more say 'right' than 'wrong', but Hungary comes bottom or 2nd-bottom of the list of all post-2000 EU countries France: +1 net right to admit Hungary Germany: +4 Poland: +17 Italy: +26 Spain: +33

With Reform UK pledging to deny new visas to people from countries seeking slavery reparations from Britain, our study found the public are opposed to paying reparations - although ethnic minority adults are not Black adults: 71% support Ethnic minority adults: 50% All adults: 24% White adults: 19%

How closely are Britons following news around the Artemis II space flight? Very closely: 5% Fairly closely: 26% Not very closely: 33% Aware but not following: 27% Not aware: 9% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

The US and Iran have announced a two week ceasefire, but few Britons think it will stick -Will hold, and fighting will not resume after 2 weeks: 10% -Will break early, or fighting will resume after 2 weeks: 69% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Some have blamed recent disorder in Clapham on a lack of youth clubs - but how effective do Britons think they are at reducing anti-social behaviour in an area? Very effective: 11% Fairly effective: 39% Not very: 21% Not at all: 7% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

How popular is Donald Trump in Western Europe? March 2026 France: -64 (+4 from Feb) Britain: -67 (+3) Spain: -68 (-2) Italy: -68 (-2) Germany: -76 (=) Denmark: -91 (+1) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

With beavers reintroduced to Bedfordshire after 400 years, our poll last year showed that 66% of Britons supported reintroducing beavers to the UK yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

As the Holyrood election campaign gets underway, just 27% of Scots approve of the Scottish government's record to date, though this compares to only 9% approving of the UK government Scottish govt Approve: 27% (-1 from 2-10 Feb) Disapprove: 58% (+4) UK govt Approve: 9% (=) Disapprove: 79% (+2)

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention, 6-7 April 2026 Reform UK: 24% Conservatives: 19% Labour: 16% Greens: 16% Lib Dems: 13% Restore Britain: 4% SNP: 3% Plaid Cymru: 1% Your Party: 1% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

How popular are European leaders in their own countries? (11-25 Mar 2026) 🇩🇰 Frederiksen -10 net favourability (=) 🇮🇹 Meloni -23 (-2) 🇪🇸 Sánchez -26 (+8) 🇩🇪 Merz -43 (+5) 🇬🇧 Starmer -53 (-3) 🇫🇷 Macron -57 (=) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

With a Green Party document reportedly proposing 55mph speed limits for motorways, 69% of Britons would be opposed to such a move yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

With junior doctors starting a six day strike today, most Britons continue to oppose the industrial action Support: 37% (-1 from 26 March) Oppose: 55% (+2) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

57% of Britons say Kanye West should not be allowed to enter the UK, with the government withdrawing permission for the rapper to enter today following public and media pressure Should be allowed: 18% Should not be allowed: 57% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 4-6 April 2026 Approve: 16% (no change from 28-30 Mar) Disapprove: 63% (-1) Net: -47 (+1) yougov.com/en-gb/tracke...

As the Senedd election campaign gets underway, just 13% of Welsh people believe the Welsh government is doing a good job Welsh govt Good job: 13% (-1 from 5-12 Jan) Neither: 26% (+1) Bad job: 51% (-1) UK govt Good job: 11% (+1) Neither: 22% (+2) Bad job: 64% (-3) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Twitter has been talking a lot about old people, pensions and housing these last days - here's a thread looking at YouGov data on the topic 👇

YouGov most important issues tracker, 4-6 April 2026 Economy: 53% (-3 from 28-30 Mar) Immigration: 48% (+1) Defence: 31% (-2) Health: 29% (+1) Crime: 22% (+4) Brexit: 16% (+2) Housing: 15% (-2) Welfare: 15% (+1) Tax: 15% (=) Environment: 14% (-2) yougov.com/en-gb/tracke...

While Donald Trump has said he is strongly considering pulling the US out of NATO, the British public continue to overwhelmingly support Britain's membership of the military alliance Support: 77% Oppose: 5% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Britons tend to believe NATO would be weaker without the US, but would be able to continue, after Trump threatened to pull America out of the alliance in protest at its refusal to join the US-Iran conflict Stronger: 7% No real difference: 13% Weaker, but able to continue: 48% Unable to continue: 9%

Europeans in six countries support a social media ban for under-16s France: 79% support Britain: 76% Germany: 74% Italy: 70% Spain: 68% Poland: 53% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Among Britons who say they would consider voting Green at a future election, what, in their own words, is the thing that most attracts them to the party? Prioritises environment: 22% They are different: 16% General policies: 16% Left-wing: 10% Values align with mine: 8% Represent regular people: 6%

Is the tradition of April Fools' Day pranks having to be done before midday dying out? % saying pranks can be done at any time of the day All Britons: 18% 18-24 year olds: 40% 25-49 year olds: 22% 50-64 year olds: 11% 65+ year olds: 7% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

While 52% of Britons support weight loss drugs being available on the NHS for obese people, this falls to 32% for other overweight people, as the NHS looks to expand the drugs' use to aid with other conditions For obese people Support: 52% Oppose: 35% For overweight people Support: 32% Oppose: 55%

Among the half of Britons who say they would turn down an opportunity to visit the Moon, a simple lack of interest is the most common reason to not want to go Not interested: 23% No point: 8% Reject idea of safe return: 8% Would be scared or anxious: 7% Nothing to do: 6% Too old: 6%

As Artemis II prepares to blast off for a trip around the Moon, Britons are divided over whether they would visit the Moon if they were given a chance where their safe return could be guaranteed Would want to go: 44% Would not want to go: 49% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Britons are split over whether King Charles should meet victims of Jeffrey Epstein during next month's state visit to the United States He should: 36% He should not: 33% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

While Zack Polanski has begun making overtures to trade union leaders, in the hopes they switch their backing to the Greens, the public still mostly see Labour as the party that represents the interests of trade unions Labour: 53% Greens: 6% Reform UK: 3% Conservatives: 2% Lib Dems: 1% None: 12%

70% of Britons believe it's likely there will be a shortage of fuel at petrol stations in the coming weeks, as the RAC announces that the cost of filling the average family diesel car has broken the £100 mark Likely: 70% Unlikely: 18% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 28-30 March 2026 Approve: 16% (+2 from 21-23 Mar) Disapprove: 64% (-2) Net: -48 (+4) yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

YouGov most important issues tracker, 21-23 March 2026 Economy: 56% (+1 from 21-23 Mar) Immigration: 47% (-1) Defence: 33% (+3) Health: 28% (-2) Crime: 18% (=) Housing: 17% (=) Environment: 16% (=) Tax: 15% (-2) Welfare: 14% (=) Europe: 14% (+1) yougov.com/en-gb/tracke...

When asked to pick up to 3 top issues facing the country, 'cost of living' comes top among the public, at 53% Yet asked what they think each party sees as the top issues, only 9-15% choose 'cost of living' for any party yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Our latest Westminster voting intention (29-30 March 2026) has the Lib Dems on their lowest figure recorded by YouGov this parliament Reform UK: 23% (no change from 22-23 Mar) Greens: 19% (+1) Conservatives: 19% (+2) Labour: 18% (-1) Lib Dems: 12% (-1) yougov.com/en-gb/tracke...

How do you feel about alternative hot cross bun flavours, which this year have included triple chocolate, lemon curd and tiramisu? Prefer traditional buns: 45% Prefer non-traditional buns: 8% Not bothered either way: 28% Do not like hot cross buns: 15% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Britons increasingly believe Keir Starmer is badly managing the UK's relationship with Donald Trump Well: 35% (-5 from 17 March) Badly: 49% (+12) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

🧵/ Britons are divided on whether Keir Starmer is handling the US-Iran conflict well (38%) or badly (43%). But why do they think this? Here's what Britons told us in their own words. yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

58% of Britons consult online customer reviews before making most major purchases, as the Competition and Markets Authority announces investigations into a range of companies over fake and misleading reviews Always: 23% Most of the time: 35% Sometimes: 28% Rarely: 9% Never: 3%

With the government recommending that parents limit children under the age of 5 to less than an hour of screentime per day, do British adults believe they could follow the same guidelines? Definitely could: 15% Probably could: 27% Probably could not: 33% Definitely could not: 16%

Asked 22-23 Mar, 35% of Brits said they'd personally felt effects of US-Iran war, but in what ways? Fuel prices: 69% of those impacted Unspecified rising costs: 12% Energy prices: 11% Investments: 9% Food prices: 4% Disrupted travel: 4% Mental health: 4% Friends/family in region: 4% Mortgage: 3%

68% of Britons believe the US has had a mostly or entirely negative impact on the rest of the world in recent years, up from 57% in January Entirely positive: 2% (-1 from 12 Jan) Mostly positive: 8% (-2) Mixed: 18% (-6) Mostly negative: 35% (+1) Entirely negative: 33% (+10)

Most Scots prefer the two-verdict system for criminal trials to Scotland's unique previous three-verdict system that was abolished last year Two-verdict system (guilty vs not guilty): 54% Three-verdict system (guilty vs not proven vs not guilty): 33% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

The IOC has said that women's sport at the Olympics will only be open to biological females Our most recent transgender attitudes survey found that 74% of Britons thought trans women should not be allowed to take part in women's sporting events yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

87% of Britons support the current ban on smoking in pubs, 20 years since Scotland's ban on smoking in public buildings, the first in the UK, came into force Support: 87% Oppose: 10% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

57% of Britons support armed forces boarding and taking control of tankers that are carrying sanctioned Russian oil under false flags in British waters Support: 57% Oppose: 17% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Most Britons continue to oppose resident doctors going on strike, after they announce a new six-day walkout in England after Easter in protest at pay and job security Support: 38% (no change from 3 Feb) Oppose: 53% (+1) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

With a UN General Assembly resolution advocating reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, the British public are opposed to such payments, although ethnic minority adults are supportive in principle Black: 71% support Ethnic minority: 50% All adults: 24% White: 19% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

With ministers considering foreign tourists to enter national museums in England, our 2024 poll found 55% of Britons wanted to keep museums free for all - only 31% said foreign tourists should be required to pay (and 6% thought everyone should have to) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Britons tend to want King Charles to cancel his planned state visit to the US later this year, as the White House reportedly prepares to announce the visit will take place next month Should go ahead: 33% (-3 from 9 March) Should be cancelled: 49% (+3) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...