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Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have both seen their popularity with voters fall, according to the latest polls – but the Labour Leader’s fell more.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister’s popularity has reportedly dropped to a new all-time low after he rowed back on the Government’s net zero climate change pledges. New polls of more than 2,000 adults, conducted after his speech where he threw five\u00a0“unnecessary and heavy-handed” net zero pledges on the scrapheap show the PM’s approval slumped to -45.<\/p>\n
Between 21 and 22 September, 68% of Britons polled had an unfavourable view of Sunak – rising from 67% in late August. Only 23% of people polled said they had a positive view of the prime minister. This is down from 26% over the summer when his net favourability rating was -41.<\/p>\n
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Read more… <\/strong> Rishi Sunak ‘must return to Tory values’ as MPs unite on PM’s ‘path to victory’<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunak’s popularity plunged most among Lib Dem voters, according to the YouGov survey. Only 12% now say they have a favourable view of PM, down from 25% re in late August.<\/p>\n However, the PM’s popularity has not slumped as much as that of Labour Leader Starmer – who saw his fall after he met with French President Emmanuel Macron and Tory MPs warned there was a plot to make UK an ‘associate member’ of EU.<\/p>\n Starmer also sparked outrage amongst Brexiteers when admitted he does\u00a0not want Britain to diverge from the bloc’s rules. And now only 30% of voters now have a favourable view of Starmer, a fall from 35% at the end of August.<\/p>\n But true-blue Tories and Brexiteers should not feel too buoyed by Starmer’s slump. Three-quarters of voters apparently think the UK needs a change of government, according to a recent poll by the think tank More in Common.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Not only did 75% of people tell More in Common that they thought it was time for a change of government, that figure also included 47% of those who voted Conservative in 2019 and 79% of voters in the \u201cRed Wall\u201d that helped deliver Boris Johnson\u2019s victory four years ago.<\/p>\n More than two-thirds of people said the last 13 years of Conservative government had been bad for Britain, while a majority blamed the government for both the cost-of-living crisis and long NHS waiting lists \u2013 voters\u2019 two top priorities. Luke Tryl, UK director for More in Common, said the figures were \u201creally, really stark\u201d.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWe know that when there\u2019s a \u2018time for change\u2019 mood in the electorate, it\u2019s very hard to push against that.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n However, he added, voters were \u201cnot necessarily convinced that Labour would do a better job of running the country\u201d, with 32% saying the opposition would do better and 27% saying Labour would do worse.<\/p>\n Mr Tryl pointed to recent focus groups in which voters had said they were \u201csick to death\u201d of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticising the Government and not setting out what he would do instead.<\/p>\n Focus groups also expressed doubt about Mr Sunak, with participants saying he had not achieved much as Prime Minister and describing him as \u201cvery unrelatable\u201d because of his wealth.<\/p>\n Despite Conservative hopes that Sunak would bring Tory polling numbers up into line with his own popularity, the Prime Minister has seen his standing decline, with the proportion of people saying he is an asset to his party falling from 39% to 29% in the four months since May.<\/p>\n Adding to the Government\u2019s struggles, Tryl suggested that parts of the electorate had \u201cswitched off\u201d from politics and would not be receptive to Conservative messages unless they began to feel materially better off.<\/p>\n He added that the Raac crisis\u2019s lack of impact on the polls could be a \u201cworrying sign\u201d for the Tories, suggesting news that things in Britain \u201caren\u2019t working\u201d had been \u201cpriced in\u201d. More in Common\u2019s figures come from a poll of around 2,000 adults carried out between September 1 and 4.<\/p>\n
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