How much do you trust or distrust the following institutions?
The UK government at Westminster.

	%
Completely trust	2
Somewhat trust	19
Neither trust nor distrust	16
Somewhat distrust	25
Completely distrust	35
Don't know	2

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Completely trust	2	2
Somewhat trust	18	20
Neither trust nor distrust	13	20
Somewhat distrust	25	26
Completely distrust	40	31
Don't know	1	3

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Completely trust	2	1	2	3	1	3
Somewhat trust	25	15	16	19	14	24
Neither trust nor distrust	24	18	9	17	18	14
Somewhat distrust	20	16	26	26	31	30
Completely distrust	24	46	45	34	34	27
Don't know	4	3	2	1	2	2

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Completely trust	1	4	1
Somewhat trust	9	32	13
Neither trust nor distrust	16	18	14
Somewhat distrust	22	28	27
Completely distrust	51	16	44
Don't know	2	2	1

 

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