UK Government - Family Friendly?
November 12 2003
Around half of British parents (51%) feel the Government does not listen to the needs of parents and children, according to newly published research from MORI.
Twenty-three per cent disagree and the remainder are undecided. The survey, commissioned by the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI), is for the report Making Britain Family Friendly.
Among MORI's key findings:
- interpretations of the meaning of 'being family-friendly' vary considerably - 30% of parents linked it to being valued for bringing up children, and 17% to financial support
- more than half of parents (56%) believe the most important change in policy would be to make flexible working a right, not just something people have a right to ask for
- there is a significant level of concern about policies regarding teenagers, with calls for the government to put more money into activities for them
- most parents like the place they live (74%) but all were able to suggest possible improvement to their daily life. More than half (56%) cited having more police on the streets, and a call for a 20 mph speed limit in residential areas was the next most important issue (34%).
MORI Social Research Institute interviewed a representative sample of 1,391 parents throughout Great Britain, face-to-face, in-home, using omnibus methodology, in April 2003. The NFPI's Web site is at
www.nfpi.org and MORI's at
www.mori.com
All articles 2006-23 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas unless otherwise stated.
