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Rishi in the red as just FOUR Cabinet ministers are ranked favourably among Tory supporters

Rishi Sunak has dropped into the red as Cabinet approval ratings sink to historic lows.

The prime minister, who has faced an up-hill battle to deliver on his five pledges set out at the start of the year, has a -2.7 per cent approval rating among Conservative Party supporters.

He enjoyed a positive 21.6 per cent rating last time out.

He is joined by Oliver Dowden, Greg Hands, Michael Gove, Andrew Mitchell, Grant Shapps, Jeremy Hunt, Robert Jenrick and Therese Coffey, who are all in the red.

Only Ben Wallace, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Penny Mordaunt still hold onto their top spots, though Cleverly and Wallace are now the only Ministers with ratings above 50.

According to political blog Guido it represents unseen levels of dissatisfaction among the party’s supporter base and suggests a “terrible disconnect” between party and voters.

ConservativeHome’s editor Paul Goodman told the blog that the number of people responding to the survey has been falling for a while – which in itself is a sign of apathy – though this month’s returns are slightly up on last month’s.

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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