How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted public attitudes?

On 21st October, we published findings from our 38th annual British Social Attitudes survey.

The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain’s largest independent social research organisation. On 21st October, NatCen published findings from its annual British Social Attitudes survey.

Since 1983 we've been measuring and tracking changes in people's social, political and moral attitudes, to understand what it’s like to live in Britain what the public thinks about how Britain is run.

This special event where we explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public policy and the structure of society. This report examined welfare, inequality, the role of law and conformity, and how people’s attitudes have changed towards work.

At this webinar, we also discussed social attitudes in a post-Brexit Britain, and reviewed what the impact of Brexit and the onset of the pandemic has had on levels of political trust and confidence in the government.