The People's UK Budget 2011
Posted on 03/17/2011
Reducing the UK Budget deficit- The People's View:
Just in time for the UK Chancellor Osborne's 2011 Budget announcement...
In March 2011, IPR surveyed a representative sample of over 2000 voters across the UK to determine public preferences regarding the UK budget deficit - "How would you reduce the deficit if you were in charge?" In light of the decisions the Coalition government is in the process of making, the results are worth examining in detail. Using the survey data, IPR
- Generated an optimised consensus, or "People's Budget"
- Determined budget preferences by political affiliation
- Established how deficit reduction speed affects budget preferences, and
- Compared the People's Budget with the Government's budget