Britons Increasingly Think U.K. Is on Wrong Track, Survey Shows

  • Pessimism has increased since May called snap election
  • Ipsos Mori survey finds growing concerns about terrorism

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Most Britons think the country is on the wrong track, with terrorism and health care cited as the biggest concerns, a poll showed.

More than seven in 10 respondents under 65 think the U.K. government is taking the wrong direction, up 16 percentage points since Prime Minister Theresa May unexpectedly called a general election in April and a 7-point increase since the vote in June, the survey by Ipsos MORI found.