Life in the UK

Carnegie UK promotes putting wellbeing at the centre of policymaking across the UK. We believe we need a new, holistic measure of social progress to tell us whether policies and actions are positively influencing how well we are living.

Our Life in the UK index is a three-year demonstrator project designed to measure the collective wellbeing of the people of the UK, looking at social, economic, environmental, and democratic aspects of life. It also presents key findings in relation to how different demographics are doing across the UK.

We launched the first set of findings in November 2023 in partnership with Ipsos, based on a survey of more than 6900 people.

Key findings include:

Older people in the UK report a higher quality of life then their younger counterparts.
There is a widespread lack of trust across all age groups in the UK’s political systems and institutions, with only a minority of people feeling that they had influence over local or national decision-making.

Life in the UK

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Hannah Paylor

Senior Policy Advocate

Further Materials

Life in the UK

Downloads

Life in the UK 2023

Life in the UK Northern Ireland

Life in the UK Wales

Life in the UK Wales (Welsh version)

Life in the UK Scotland

Life in the UK Focus on Age

Life in the UK Focus on Disability

Life in the UK Focus on Housing Tenure

Life in the UK Focus on Ethnicity

Life in the UK Focus on Area Deprivation

Life in the UK Focus on Household Income

Life in the UK 2023

Life in the UK Northern Ireland

Life in the UK Wales

Life in the UK Wales (Welsh version)

Life in the UK Scotland

Life in the UK Focus on Age

Life in the UK Focus on Disability

Life in the UK Focus on Housing Tenure

Life in the UK Focus on Ethnicity

Life in the UK Focus on Area Deprivation

Life in the UK Focus on Household Income

Blogs

What does the King’s speech do for our wellbeing?

What does the King’s speech do for our wellbeing?

News

Wellbeing gap between young and old identified in major study – Lack of trust in UK political system revealed across society

Unequal Scotland revealed in wellbeing snapshot – Carnegie UK urges Scottish decision-makers to focus on long-term outcomes

Carnegie UK on ONS wellbeing dashboard update and GDP stats

Lower wellbeing in deprived Welsh communities revealed in new report

Wellbeing gap between young and old identified in major study – Lack of trust in UK political system revealed across society

Unequal Scotland revealed in wellbeing snapshot – Carnegie UK urges Scottish decision-makers to focus on long-term outcomes

Carnegie UK on ONS wellbeing dashboard update and GDP stats

Lower wellbeing in deprived Welsh communities revealed in new report

Speak to us

Hannah Paylor

Senior Policy Advocate

Further Materials