Rachel Reeves savaged in new poll as she’s branded ‘worst Chancellor EVER’ | Politics | News
Rachel Reeves has come under harsh criticism in a new Ipsos poll that branded her the “worst Chancellor ever”; 71% of voters say they are dissatisfied with his performance. The poll offers a grim assessment not just of the Chancellor but of Labour’s wider stance; It shows that the party is losing public trust in key policy areas, while Reform England excels on issues that once formed Labour’s core pitch to voters.
According to Ipsos, Labor is no longer the party most trusted to tackle crime, the NHS or even the environment it once dominated. Instead, voters now have greater confidence in Reform UK to help Britain tackle future EU relations, poverty and inequality, housing, defense and many other challenges. The figures paint an unforgiving picture: Sir Keir Starmer is languishing with a net satisfaction rating of -66, and Ms Reeves’s rating is now the lowest recorded for a Chancellor since Ipsos started tracking the measure in 1976. Telegram.
The economic judgment of public opinion is equally destructive. 66 per cent of Britons say they do not believe Labour’s policies will improve the economy; This figure underlines deep skepticism at a time when the Government desperately needs to demonstrate competence.
The poll also shows Nigel Farage eight points ahead of Sir Keir as the preferred Prime Minister; This was a remarkable result that was difficult to predict when Labor came to power last year.
In certain policy areas, the divide is stark. He trails Labor by 35% to 7% on reform, asylum and immigration, 24% to 9% on crime and anti-social behavior and 21% to 11% on the UK’s future relationship with the EU. This pattern is repeated on housing, unemployment, defense and tackling inequality, with Labor trailing by significant margins.
Even in what was once a safe haven for Labour, the party has remained in the shadows; The Greens received 36 per cent of the vote, compared to Labor’s meager 5 per cent. When it comes to business policy, the Conservatives are still seen as safer hands, trailing Labor by 19% to 9%.
Reform also leads voting intention with 33%, compared to 18% for Labour, 16% for the Conservatives, 15% for the Greens and 12% for the Liberal Democrats; This leads to a dramatic reversal of political fortunes.
Gideon Skinner, senior director of UK Politics at Ipsos, said the figures “show the serious challenges Labor faces ahead of the Budget”, arguing that the party has completely failed to reverse widespread public perception that the country is in decline.
Ms Reeves’s collapse came with persistent economic anxiety, with more households struggling today than in the early stages of the cost-of-living crisis, she said.
Mr Skinner added that a similar level of skepticism towards a Government’s long-term economic plans was only seen in the final years of the Major and Sunak administrations and under Gordon Brown following the financial crash. The only comparable low point for Labor in Ipsos’ records was during the expenses scandal in May 2009; The party partially survived this period.
But he stressed that the context was now much harsher: unprecedented dissatisfaction with both Sir Keir and Ms Reeves, years of pessimism about public services and the economy and a fragmented political environment in which voters increasingly opted for “none of the above”.
He warned that it would be much harder to turn this around than in previous crises, although Labor technically still has until the next election.
