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Over half of Christians in the UK now support same-sex relationships, a new study has found.

People are also becoming more sceptical of the EU and more socially liberal, a survey suggests.

More Britons say they have no religion than profess to be Christian, according to a new report. According to the British Social Attitudes Survey and the European Social Survey, the "major factor" in the development is that people who are brought up to be religious are losing their faith. More than two-thirds of non-religious people were raised as Christians or in another faith.

Brexit may dominate the coming election - but the polls show the NHS is high on the public's list of concerns.

Just one in four members of the British public trust the Government to honestly present official statistics, a study has found. British Social Attitudes survey, conducted by the National Centre for Social research, found that large majorities of people questioned the presentation of figures ranging from unemployment rates to crime levels. 90 per cent of people trusted the Office for National Statistics to produce accurate statistics, but just 26 per cent said the Government would present these accurately.

Party leader expected to appear on TV more often as senior figures want to exploit populist mood to beat the Tories

In a report examining the health of baby boomers, Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, made it clear that exercise is vital to reduce the risk of an early death as a result of rising obesity rates.

People aged between 50 and 70 should keep working to stay healthier for longer, England's chief medical officer says.

After brutal cuts, Brits appeal for a new way forward.

The political ramifications of a society in stasis.

TODAY, Theresa May, Britain’s prime minister, will deliver a letter to Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, to officially trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon. That will start a two-year clock for the difficult negotiations over the terms of Britain’s divorce from the European Union.

Britain’s young people are now more right-wing and authoritarian in their political outlook than the previous generation, undermining the prevailing view that younger people tend to be more progressive in attitude. Research using British Social Attitudes Survey data taken from 1985-2012, found greater appetite among young people for right-wing policy-making on issues including wealth redistribution, welfare and crime.

Traditional Labour Party supporters may drift towards populist parties because they believe politicians do not understand how they feel about immigration, a new report has revealed. Poorer people in particular think they have little control over immigration and care about community and identity as much

Sexually transmitted infections are soaring among baby boomers, the country’s most senior doctor has warned, with rising divorce rates and unsafe sex fuelling the surge.