📣 New British Social Attitudes findings published today Public support for higher taxes and increased public spending has fallen sharply since 2022, while political divisions over the role of the state have widened to levels not previously seen. Just 36% now say government should increase taxes and spend more on health, education and welfare, the lowest level since 2013 and down 19 percentage points in three years. Attitudes are increasingly divided by party support, with just 21% of Conservative and Reform supporters backing higher taxes and spending, compared with 52% of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green supporters. Elsewhere, priorities within welfare are shifting, and while attitudes towards immigration have become more sceptical in recent years, they remain less negative than a decade ago. The survey also finds continued majority support for assisted dying, with 79% saying it should be allowed.