Study charts 'dramatic' shift in attitudes towards bankers

Under a fifth of people now believe banks are "well run", compared to 90% in 1983, when NatCen Social Research began questioning the British public about their attitudes towards certain institutions, including the police, press and the BBC. The huge loss of confidence in bankers represents "probably the most dramatic change of attitude registered in 30 years of British social attitudes", the researchers said. NatCen interviewed some 3,000 members of the public for its annual survey. Among its findings were that Britons' attitude towards the unemployed appear to be softening. Compar...