The 2022 British Social Attitudes report reveals that the cost-of-living crisis emerges as the most immediate challenge in the UK, threatening a severe drop in living standards. Yet, at the same time, the NHS is still recovering from the pandemic, there remains deep political division over Brexit which seems to be part of a wider ‘culture war’, while a summer of unprecedented heat has been a sharp reminder that climate change potentially poses an existential threat to the whole world. The report explores evidence on where the public stand on these various challenges faced by the new government.
