Cameron to gauge national mood

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron set out plans to measure the national mood and help to build a more family-friendly Britain, a potentially fraught endeavour at a time of sharp spending cuts.

Cameron said the Office for National Statistics (ONS), would start measuring the quality of life next April, arguing current indicators do not show overall wellbeing. The ONS will ask people how satisfied they are in their life with the aim of producing wellbeing measures by the summer of 2012.