On this week’s episode of the Ipsos MORI Politics and Society podcast, Keiran Pedley and Cameron Garrett sit down to discuss the latest wave of Ipsos MORI’s Political Monitor. They ask what is behind the Conservative’s growing poll lead and examine Keir Starmer’s falling poll ratings.

In this special episode, Kieran Pedley is joined by two colleagues, Holly Day and Cameron Garrett.

• Holly talks about the government’s improving poll ratings and what is driving them
• Cameron talks about Keir Starmer’s poll ratings a year in as Labour leader
• And Keiran takes us through how the public think past PMs did in office – as featured on Times Radio this week

On this week's podcast, Keiran Pedley is joined by Emily Gray, Managing Director, Ipsos MORI Scotland and Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics at The University of Strathclyde. In this episode, the guests discuss the unfolding important elections in Scotland and the latest Ipsos MORI Scottish Political Monitor, including:

• Is the Salmond - Sturgeon row cutting through to voters? Does it matter?
• Looking ahead to the Scottish elections in May, why they're important and what is the current state of events.
• Scotland's independence - Sir John Curtice gives his opinion on what the 'baseline' level of support for independence is and the implications it could pose on the United Kingdom.
• What is Scottish public opinion of the party leaders and issues and how this election compares with previous ones.