The latest Ipsos poll make grim reading for Downing Street as they head into the Christmas break. A dismal 61% of Britons say they’re dissatisfied with Keir Starmer, marking his worst showing yet as Labour leader. Just 27% think Starmer is doing a good job, leaving him with a net approval rating of -34. Worse than Brown’s negative rating (-23) in his first five months of government…
The Government doesn’t fare much better, with a whopping 70% of the public dissatisfied. Even more striking, 65% believe the economy will worsen in the next year – the bleakest outlook since the post-mini-budget chaos at the end of 2022. With the reaction to Reeves Budget looking frostier by the day, they may be onto something…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”