The Chancellor has an approval rating of -43% (Image: Getty)
Britons consider Rachel Reeves’s spring statement as the worst “fiscal event” since Liz Truss’s infamous 2022 mini-Budget. The damning verdict will heighten pressure on the embattled Chancellor.
Polling by Opinium found just 12% of people thought last week’s spring statement was “good” with 43% saying it was bad.
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Ms Reeves has a net approval rating of -41% – which is similar to the previous week’s – and Sir Keir Starmer’s has slipped three points to -32.
Ms Truss’s Budget was widely blamed for stoking market turmoil and hastening the end of her premiership. Then, 12% of the public gave the thumbs up – the same share approving of Ms Reeves’s spring statement – but 61% deemed it “bad”.
James Crouch, head of policy and public affairs at Opinium said: “Labour loves to remind the public of Liz Truss, but Rachel Reeves’ spring statement is the worst-rated fiscal event since the mini-budget in 2022. While some measures were popular, nothing the Chancellor said cut through the deep economic gloom gripping the country.”
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