Perceptions of division in the UK have reached their highest point since trends began in 2020, with 84% of the public now saying the country feels divided – up from 79% two years ago and 74% five years ago. At the same time, the share who believe the nation is divided by “culture wars” specifically has risen by an even greater extent, from 46% in 2020 to 67% today, with most of this increase occurring since 2023, when 54% held this view. The findings come in a new study carried out by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Ipsos, and also reveal a country increasingly nostalgic for the past and uneasy about the pace of cultural change, with tensions rising around immigration.
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