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Government: Public Opinion

Asked by Sarah PochinReform UKCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 103688

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has conducted internal analysis of the potential causes of recent trends in levels of public approval of the Government.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Listing the endless ways the government engages with the public and assesses its relationship with the public would be fruitless, since that is a basic principle behind everything the government does.

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