Biggest social issues facing the UK
A look at the biggest social issues facing the UK The Grayling Social Affairs team conducted an in-depth analysis of social issues reporting and social media commentary post-Brexit to identify which issues were concerning UK residents most. Here’s a brief rundown of our top 5 social issues 1. Hate Cybercrime, hate crime and bullying all featured heavily in the media during the latter part of 2016. Increases in violent crime and hate crime were reported in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote. With the internet as the next crime frontier, the government announced £1.9bn of spending on cyber-defences, and more recently announced that it will fund research into social media hate crime in the wake of Brexit, with companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter also coming under pressure to remove hate speech. Growing out of this ‘people power’ is on the rise, showing that among the perceived doom and gloom there is an appetite for shared action and purpose. 2. Mental he...