B
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44
44 -- trust index score for UK institutions (2026)
The 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer gives the UK a trust index score of 44.
- Score places UK in 'Distrust' territory
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44
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2026
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Edelman
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Tier B
https://stonehousecomms.co.uk/trends-insights/january-2026-the-agentic-shifttrust-crisis-content-rat… ↗
Source Article
January 2026:The Agentic Shift,Trust Crisis, & Content Rationalisation
January 2026:The Agentic Shift,Trust Crisis, & Content Rationalisation
Executive Summary
As the UK marketing industry transitions from the closing volatility of 2025 into the strategic reset of January 2026, the landscape has fundamentally hardened. The tentative trends observed in October 2025—prac…
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Edelman
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Edelman Trust Barometer
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UK institutions: 44 trust index score. Source: Edelman (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/edelman-uk-trust-index-44-2026
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