Devastating poll shows nearly half of Labour’s support has vanished amid constant calamity | Politics | News
A damning new poll has shown almost half of Labour’s support has vanished since the 2024 election amid a series of disastrous mistakes. Declining approval ratings for both the Prime Minister and his party have reached new depths following the reversal of a number of key policies in recent months.
The current score of -59 is the worst the current Government has ever recorded and could fall further as the latest snapshot was taken before the latest pub tax debacle. Polling firm More in Common has shared a devastating new chart showing Labor retaining 54% of 2024 voters but losing most of the rest. More worryingly, it is losing support for both parties on the Left and Right, with 11% of 2024 Labor voters saying they would vote for Nigel Farage’s Reform and 8% saying they would now support the Liberal Democrats.
It also lost 8 per cent of voters to the Greens, although the 11 per cent who said they did not know who to support are believed to be more left-leaning.
This follows a turbulent period for Labor, during which it repeatedly changed course on key policies and was said by many to have failed to deliver on its manifesto commitments.
The first major decision to cut most retirees’ winter fuel payments has been withdrawn after huge public outcry. The vast majority of retirees now remain eligible.
Cuts to disability benefits aimed at reducing Britain’s bloated benefits bill have been humiliatingly abandoned after angry opposition from Labor MPs.
The party also announced an end to the two-child benefit cap in the November Budget, despite the dismissal of seven party MPs who had previously voted to remove the cap.
The autumn financial statement itself was widely regarded as a farce, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves hinting at income tax increases but later backtracking.
The decision to freeze the thresholds at which taxpayers pay higher rates of tax (driving more people into the upper ranks) is seen by many as a breach of a promise made in the 2024 manifesto not to increase taxes on workers.
The final shame of 2025 came with inheritance tax changes for farmers. The government has decided to end the 100% tax relief that has been in place since the 1980s, but after a frustrating backlash it increased the planned threshold from £1 million to £2 million.
More voters may leave Labor following the recent fall in business rates; Many pubs said it would leave them with bills worth thousands of pounds and could force some to close.
