Britain heading for lowest election turnout since 1918: poll
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Britain is lurching towards the lowest turnout for a general election since 1918 when troops were returning from the First World War, according to a new poll.
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The vast majority of GCSE students do not know even the most basic facts about British politics, according to a new poll.
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Iraqis living abroad are being given more time to register for the 30 January poll because of a low turnout.
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Britain's governing Labour Party is maintaining a narrow but consistent lead over the main opposition Conservatives, according to an opinion poll published on Friday in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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The government is facing an embarrassing defeat over its ambitious plans to set up regional assemblies around England, with voters set to reject a mini-parliament for the northeast of the country, according to an opinion poll.
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A long-term decline in church attendance in England in recent years is &quot;pulling out of the nosedive&quot;, mainly due to ethnic minories and in particular black people.
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Number of divorces down in England and Wales.
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Polls are due to open in an election which the government hopes will bring a return to devolution
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The number of marriages in England and Wales has slumped to the lowest level on record, it was announced today.
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Business & money: Index of leading UK shares falls to lowest level since credit crunch began last August
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The number of wild farmland birds in England are at the lowest level since records began, official figures show.
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Britain&#39;s trade deficit has dropped in April to the lowest level for nearly two years, official data showed on Tuesday.
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A majority of Britons want Democrat candidate John Kerry to beat American President George Bush in the forthcoming November US election, according to a poll published in a Wednesday newspaper.
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The number of health visitors in England has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, trade union Amicus says.
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Ten years after Hong Kong's return from British to Chinese rule, public optimism over its future under Chinese rule has dipped amid demands for direct elections, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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October saw the lowest number of new mortgage approvals in the UK since January 2000, official figures show.
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The short-term confidence of UK firms is at its lowest level in about two years, a survey suggests.