Unhelpful polling for Reeves today, as a More in Common poll reveals the majority of Britons believe keeping taxes low should be the main priority in the upcoming painful budget. A whopping 53% think Reeves should avoid raising taxes, compared to 32% who think investing in public services is a priority. Just as Starmer warns that the budget will face the “harsh light of fiscal reality”…
Meanwhile, rumoured tax hikes are highly unpopular, with 55% opposing the scrapping of the £2 bus fare cap, decreasing pensioners’ personal allowances and unfreezing fuel duty. If Reeves unleashes her expected tax raids on Wednesday, expect “working people” – who apparently “know who they are” – to be unforgiving in the next election…
Bookmark this from Andy Burnham:
2029: “that’s when the next election will be.”
May 2027: “Absolutely not.”
“No election any time soon.”
“All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead.”