The proportion of people in Shropshire who identify as English has dropped 20 per cent since 2016.
Today is England's patron saint's day, St George's Day - but it appears that people in Shropshire aren't feeling quite as English as they used to.
Respondents can select as many options as they like from British, English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish or ‘other’. A decade earlier in 2006, 58 per cent of people identified as English, while it was 60 per cent in 2004.But the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton said the findings should be approached with caution.
He added the British social attitudes survey suggests there has been an increase in the numbers saying they are equally English and British, but a smaller rise in the numbers saying they are British rather than English.
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