Public confidence in Starmer falls to zero percent in bombshell poll | UK | News
Shocking new poll figures have revealed public confidence in the British economy has fallen to an all-time low on Labour’s watch; ZERO per cent of Britons now believe the economy is in a “very good shape”, the Daily Mail reports.
Only four percent rated economic conditions as “fairly good”; This is the same proportion of those who still hold the disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in high esteem.
In a damning indictment of Labour’s economic mismanagement, 44 per cent of people thought the economy was in a pretty bad shape, while an alarming 35 per cent described it as “very bad”.
The bombshell YouGov survey also revealed the public’s lack of confidence in the way Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are managing the economy; A pitiful one percent said they were “very good,” while only 13 percent rated it “fairly good.”
By contrast, a staggering 77 percent described the duo’s performance as fairly or very poor.
Labor voters angry at party’s economic inadequacy
Even among Labour’s own voters last year, polling found more than twice as many believed the party had made a complete mess of managing the economy.
The disastrous findings were a severe blow to a party that staked its claim to power on the promise of economic sufficiency.
Chaotic Budget increase increases uncertainty
The survey comes on the heels of the most chaotic pre-Budget period in living memory; The Chancellor sparked panic by raising the prospect of the first rise in the basic income tax rate for half a century, only to make a humiliating U-turn days later, accompanied by a furious backlash.
Fears were growing last night that the Chancellor was planning another brutal tax bombshell when he finally reveals his plans next week.
Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride condemned the “constant leaks, briefings and kite-flying” as “fueling uncertainty and damaging our economy” and branded it “a stark judgment on the Chancellor’s record”.
“He spent and borrowed like there was no tomorrow,” he fumed.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch attacked “government by guesswork” during heated Commons clashes and warned Budget uncertainty was causing “real anxiety” as people put off home purchases, businesses halted hiring and investment plans were scrapped.
Secret tax raid that will hit millions
Despite Reeves’ warnings last year that extending the tax threshold freeze would “hurt working people”, the tight-lipped Starmer has repeatedly refused to rule out the punitive undercover raid.
Analysis by the IFS found the move would cost basic rate taxpayers £405 more a year, hit higher rate payers with an extra £1,129 bill and drag a million more people into the tax net, including pensioners and key workers such as police, nurses and teachers.
The £8.5bn tax grab will be a bitter pill after Labor expected to cut welfare U-turns and scrap the two-child benefit limit.
Businesses raise alarm over Labour’s economic devastation
Business leaders have stepped up warnings that they cannot afford a repeat of last year’s tax raid on employers; The UK chairman of ExxonMobil has warned that “the UK’s entire industrial base is at risk” from Labour’s destructive policies as the oil giant undermines a major facility.
There have also been new warnings about the crippling cost of Ed Miliband’s controversial Net Zero agenda.
Reeves is trying to “cut inflation” with moves to cut energy bills by £150, increase the minimum wage and benefits by 4% and impose a fearsome “mansion tax” on expensive homes.
But the political stakes could not be higher, with allies fearing a disintegrating budget would seal the fate of the Prime Minister and Chancellor.
