Just 6% of citizens believe the UK’s political system does not need reforming, while 89% support constitutional reform, according to a report published by Focaldata and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think-tank over the weekend.
According to the report, for the first time since the mid-1970s, public trust in the government has fallen.
Following the results of a survey that was given to 8,000 people, 31% of Britons believe the political system needs to be ‘completely’ reformed, 26% believe it needs reforming ‘to a large extent’, 32% think it should be reformed to ‘some extent’, and only 6% believe it does not need reforming.
“People are fed up with the way that we’re governed. They’re fed up with how the system disadvantages them in their communities. And they want significant change and democratic reform,” said Harry Quilter-Pinner, the director of research and engagement at the IPPR and one of the report’s authors, The Guardian reported.
The report mentions various reasons as to why trust has fallen, such as citizens believing the government is not working on their behalf, in-house scandals (i.e. partygate), and the fact that they believe that politicians are too detached from the real lives of citizens across the UK.
(Sofia Stuart Leeson | EURACTIV.com)
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