The abour has jumped ahead of the Tories as the best party for taxes as Rishi Sunak comes under increasing pressure to do more to help families struggling with the cost of living crisis, a poll has revealed. Ipsos Standard’s poll shows Sir Keir Starmer’s party has reversed Boris Johnson Conservatives’ tax lead ahead of the 2019 general election. Labor Party is now considered the best tax party since percent of adults in Britain, with Tories following 25 percent. This is a reversal by the Conservatives at 38 percent and Labor at 26 percent in December 2019 and is the best result of the latter since September 2012. The findings came just weeks after the Chancellor increased National Insurance contributions by 1.25 percentage points and just days before the municipal elections. Many households are now also seeing their weekly budgets hit by rising energy bills, rising food prices, inflation and the high cost of gasoline. Importantly, the poll found that the cost of living was the key issue that people would consider very important if they voted in the May 5 local elections. This was reported by 67 percent of adults, much higher than climate change – and asylum policies – both at 47 percent, followed by pandemic, 43 percent, flattening, 42 percent, Ukraine, 38 percent and Downing Street Party, 37 percent. In the latter, he was stressed by only 10 percent of Tory supporters, compared to 58 percent of Labor supporters.
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As the cost of living crisis grows, Mr. Sunak rightly opened the door to an unexpected tax on the energy giants if they fail to invest enough to boost supply. This would be a major policy change. The chancellor has already announced an increase in the NI contribution limit to .5 12,570, a 5 pp / liter reduction in consumption charges and a 9 9 billion package to help people with energy bills. He has also hinted that there could be further help for families struggling with energy bills in the fall if they increase even more. In terms of managing the economy, the Conservatives still have a six-point lead, but this is lower than the 24 before the December 2019 elections and is the lowest lead they have had since March 2013, when the two parties were on the verge of collapse. . In other key findings:
Labor is at 40%, up one point, with the Tories at 35%, the Liberal Democrats at 10%, both unchanged last month. Record-low performances for Boris Johnson as Prime Minister earlier this year have improved slightly, while Sir Keir’s scores are marginally low. 55 percent believe the Conservatives need to change their leader, up from 61 percent in January, but even worse than Mr. Johnson’s 2019-2021 results and worse than Theresa May and David Cameron. 31 percent believe that Johnson has everything he needs to be a good prime minister, but 56 percent disagree, better than in January, when the partygate erupted again, but returned to its scores in November. 34 percent say Sir Keir is ready to become prime minister, with 44 percent disagreeing, slightly worse than in January, when those scores were 38 percent to 40 percent respectively. One-third say Labor is ready to form the next government, with 46 percent disagreeing, similar to 32 percent who believe the Conservatives deserve re-election, with 51 percent disagreeing.
Gideon Skinner, head of political research at Ipsos, said: “The coming months could be crucial for the Prime Minister and his Chancellor. With inflation at the top of the voter agenda amid a pessimistic outlook for the economy, Richie Sunak will want to address his concerns about managing the cost-of-living crisis if he wants to rebuild the Conservatives’ recent lead. few elections for the economy and taxation “. Financial optimism remains very low, if not as bad as last month. Seventy percent expect the economy to worsen over the next 12 months, with only 14 percent saying better, giving an economic optimism index of -56. Ipsos interviewed 1,006 adults across the UK between April 20 and 28. The data is weighted. The questions about the local elections were about where they are being held or not, whether they were being held in the area of the people.
