• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Politics

Labour take lead in polls following disastrous week for the government

Approval of the Government’s handling of the pandemic has fallen to its lowest level yet.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2020-10-25 09:06
in Politics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Labour has taken a two point lead in the polls following a disastrous week for the government.

Faced with criticism over the tiered lockdown system, failings with test and trace and unpopularity surrounding the free school meals vote, Opinium’s latest political polling reveals that support for the Conservatives has dropped to 38 per cent while Labour remain on 40 per cent.

Government approval of pandemic handling at lowest level ever

Approval of the Government’s handling of the pandemic has fallen to its lowest level since the Opinium began asking the question in March. This is likely the result of a challenging two weeks for test and trace, as well as the introduction of new restrictions.

Half of UK adults disprove of the Government, whilst only 29 per cent approve.

The public are divided on the clarity of the new tier system. Only 50 per cent think the system is clear and 44 per cent think the measures are unclear. More significantly, a third (34 per cent) of the UK aren’t confident that they know what the rules are in their area.

As restrictions increase, but the Government remains conservative on their economic support, two-in-five think economic support for people and businesses should go further. Overall, however, approval of the financial support the government has given over the course of the crisis is positive, 43 per cent approve while 26 per cent disapprove.

Strong marks for Burnham in Manchester, poor marks for ministers not named Rishi

Half of those living in Greater Manchester approve of the way Andy Burnham is handling his job as Mayor. His net approval rating of +25 per cent is significantly higher than Boris Johnson’s nationally at -14 per cent.

RelatedPosts

Michael Fabricant calls on fellow Tory MPs to turn up to PMQs- to prove they’re not the alleged rapist

Crowdfunder started to buy the World’s biggest egg for Grantham

Tories pledge to get tough on crime – as one of their own MPs remains in custody over rape allegations

NINETY-FOUR per cent of Brexit-backing Express readers say ‘this is not what I voted for’

Looking at how the various leaders have handled the crisis, 32 per cent approve of how Boris Johnson has handled his role, 47 per cent disapprove.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is seen more positively (46 per cent approve, 26 per cent disapprove) while Labour leader Keir Starmer is narrowly net positive with 35 per cent approving and 29 per cent disapproving.

The worst marks are reserved for Health Secretary Matt Hancock, with only 26 per cent approving of his performance through the crisis and 48 per cent disapproving.

“A consistent story”

Adam Drummond, head of political polling at Opinium, comments: “A consistent story throughout the pandemic has been that the government has always gotten much stronger public approval for its financial support side of its handling of the pandemic than the scientific or public health side, such as PPE provision or test and trace.

“Rishi Sunak’s u-turn on the recent financial measures (conducted moments before this poll went into field) keeps this streak going with voters seeing him as the politician whose pandemic performance merits the most praise. Voters put him at the top, followed by Labour’s Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham, and then followed by the prime minister and the health secretary. However, the last week illustrates why this success may be built on sand as the practical impact of his efforts to withdraw support and put public finances on a more even keel meet with public resistance.”

Related: Labour: Change course on free school meals or we’ll bring it back to the House before Christmas

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Sir Alex Ferguson raises over £400k for NHS as thank you for life-saving operation

No-deal Brexit means austerity will have been for nothing and Tory leadership pledges worthless

Film Review: Everybody Knows

Lotto Results for Wednesday 22 September 2021 Lottery Tonight’s winning numbers

How To Make: Bombay Palace’s Dahi Batata Puri (Poori)

90-year-old man is fighting for life after being mowed down by hit-and-run moped rider

Home Office destroyed thousands of Windrush immigrants’ landing card slips

Pandemic has boosted support for Welsh independence, Plaid Cymru leader says

Tory MP in House of Commons groping allegation steps down

Top 10 things to do with Toddlers this Summer

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.