Attitudes towards neo-liberalism in the United Kingdom A more important role Social Globalisation for the EU in regulating differences in Government Social benefits/services is an financial services be For fair society, income acceptable should reduce benefits/services cost businesses too opportunity effective to tackle the differences in standard of to reward talents differences in place too great much in for economic current financial and living should be small (% and efforts (% income levels (% strain on the taxes/charges (% growth (% economic crisis (% disagree) agree) disagree) economy (% agree) agree) agree) agree) 27.2% 63.9% 20.9% 51.8% 51.3% 59% 48% Source: Source: European Values Source: European Source: European Source: European Source: European Eurobarometer Source: Eurobarometer Survey 2008 Values Survey 2008 Values Survey 2008 Values Survey 2008 Values Survey 2008 2014 2014 Immigrants should only Immigrants take Immigrants obtain the same rights to Immigrants Immigrants contribute jobs away from are a strain social benefits and services receive more less in taxes than they Social benefits/services encourage on our as citizens already living people who were than they benefit from health and people other countries to come live welfare here after working and born in Britain (% contribute welfare services (% here (% agree) system (% paying taxes for at least a agree) (% agree) agree) agree) year, or once they have become a citizen (% agree) 51.8% 56.7% 79.9% 51.0% 76.0% 50.6% Source: Source: Source: European Social Source: Eurobarometer Source: European Social Survey 2008 Source: British Social European European Survey 2008 71, 2009 Attitudes 2013 Quality of Social Survey Life Survey 2008 2011 Welfare chauvinism in the United Kingdom
For fair society, differences in standard of living should be small (% disagree) differences in income acceptable to reward talents and efforts (% agree) Government should reduce differences in income levels (% disagree) Social benefits/services place too great strain on the economy (% agree) Social benefits/services cost businesses too much in taxes/charges (% agree) Globalisation is an opportunity for economic growth (% agree) A more important role for the EU in regulating financial services be effective to tackle the current financial and economic crisis (% agree) 27.2% 63.9% 20.9% 51.8% 51.3% 59% 48% Source: European Values Survey 2008 Source: European Values Survey 2008 Source: European Values Survey 2008 Source: European Values Survey 2008 Source: European Values Survey 2008 Source: Eurobarometer 2014 Source: Eurobarometer 2014 Attitudes towards neo-liberalism in the United Kingdom Immigrants are a strain on our welfare system (% agree) Immigrants receive more than they contribute (% agree) Immigrants should only obtain the same rights to social benefits and services as citizens already living here after working and paying taxes for at least a year, or once they have become a citizen (% agree) Immigrants contribute less in taxes than they benefit from health and welfare services (% agree) Social benefits/services encourage people other countries to come live here (% agree) Immigrants take jobs away from people who were born in Britain (% agree) 51.8% 56.7% 79.9% 51.0% 76.0% 50.6% Source: European Quality of Life Survey 2011 Source: European Social Survey 2008 Source: European Social Survey 2008 Source: Eurobarometer 71, 2009 Source: European Social Survey 2008 Source: British Social Attitudes 2013 Welfare chauvinism in the United Kingdom
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