Three in five say government's plan for the economy is not working, up 11pts from our Autumn Statement snap poll in November.
Economic plan IS working 24% (-4)
Economic plan IS NOT working 60% (+11)
Don't know 16% (-7)
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Of the measures announced today, there is (as ever) broad support for them, notably three in five (61%) supporting the headline 2p cut to NI.
Support for the 2p cut to NI in November's Autumn Statement was 67%.
Labour lead the Conservatives on economic trust in this snap poll by 11 points.
Which do you trust the most with the economy?
Conservative 31%
Labour 42%
Don't know 27%
Crucially, just a quarter say that this Budget benefits them and their family, while two thirds (66%) say it doesn't benefit them.
The public were much more split on the Autumn Statement, where 46% said it benefitted them, versus 47% who said it did not.
Four in ten say the next General Election should be in the first half of 2024, with one in five favouring May.
All fieldwork for this snap reactions poll was conducted after the Chancellor's statement to the House of Commons. Full tables are here. savanta.com/knowledge-cent…
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👉Representing change for the better (45% vs 38%)
👉Presenting a vision for the future (45% vs 38%)
👉Being clear what they stand for (49% vs 37%)
👉Being the party of aspiration (40% vs 36%)
🔴Three in five UK adults say the Labour Party has lost its way (61%).
This includes a similar proportion of 2019 Labour voters (57%) who say the same.
🔴Half of UK adults say the Labour Party are not clear about what they stand for (50%).
This includes a third of their own voters from 2019 (33%), and almost three-quarters of 2019 Con voters (71%).
Our latest research alongside @MHPHealth looked at British attitudes towards recently announced Labour Party policies on the NHS.
The majority (69-91%) of British adults support each of the policies tested.
Removing prescription charges in England, as in Scotland and Wales, is the policy with the most opposition with one in five (21%) British adults saying they oppose this policy.
ComRes' Head of Politics @ChrisHopkins92 reflects on last night's by-election result from Peterborough and the wider implications for the UK's political landscape. A thread:
"Last night’s Peterborough by-election result variously produced surprise, relief and disappointment.
Labour clung on to the seat they won in 2017, albeit with a vastly reduced vote share, staving off a Brexit Party campaign which, according to the betting odds at least, was expected to return the anti-EU party’s first MP.