| | | Friday, 26 June | | | Britons support King's decision not to live in Buckingham Palace | | | | Following news that King Charles and Queen Camilla will remain at Clarence House after Buckingham Palace’s £369m refurbishment, in order to allow the Palace to be more open to the public, today’s poll finds that most Britons support the move. | | | | Two thirds (66%) of the public give the King's plan their backing, including 28% who are strongly supportive. | | | | By contrast, only 10% oppose the move. | | | | | | | | | | With Andy Burnham set to lay out plans for devolving greater powers to regional mayors in a speech on Monday, Britons are more likely to think giving mayors more powers would improve how areas are run than worsen them. | | | | Overall, 35% of Britons say devolving more powers from Westminster to regional mayors would make those areas better run, while 13% think it would things worse, and 24% say it would make no difference. | | | | Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters are the most positive, with around half (48-51%) saying greater devolution would make areas better run. | | | | Conservative and Reform UK voters are more sceptical, with only around a quarter (24-25%) saying it would improve things. | | | | | | | | | | It’s Britain’s shortest way of saying thanks, but how often do people use the word 'ta'? | | | | A quarter of Britons say they do so frequently, including 7% who use it very often and 18% fairly often. | | | | By comparison, 35% say they do not use the term frequently, while 37% say they never use it. | | | | Ta is more common in Wales and the North, where 37% and 34% respectively say they use the word frequently, and lowest in London, where only 14% say so. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |