Academic Jason Arday has today stepped down from Cambridge following a series of plagiarism allegations in the national media

While the papers made much of the scandal over the last week, half of Britons (50%) say they hadn’t encountered the story at all

Only 14% of Britons say they were following the story very or fairly closely, with 16% saying they hadn’t followed it very closely, and 20% had heard of it but weren’t following it

With reports that canal boat holidays in UK and Europe are being cancelled due to droughts causing low water levels, how interested are Britons in this kind of holiday?

Approximately half say they are very (13%) or fairly (34%) interested in the idea of messing about in [canal] boats as a holiday, although half likewise say they are not very (26%) or not at all (25%) interested

If Britons could choose one of eliminating cancer forever or ending world hunger, which would they pick?

The public overwhelmingly opt for the former, with 62% choosing to eliminate cancer versus only 28% who would end world hunger

Green voters are split on the matter, with 46% choosing to end hunger and 47% to eliminate cancer

While a small majority of Labour (55%) and Lib Dem voters (52%) opt to eliminate cancer, rising to large majorities of Tories (75%) and Reform voters (81%)

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