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The Daily Mail

8 July 2025

More than three out of five people think Starmer does not respect them - poll

A survey from More In Common and the UCL Policy Lab, published on Tuesday, suggested 63% of the public now thought the Prime Minister did not respect people like them, almost twice the 32% that thought so before the 2024 election.

The poll also suggested that a perceived lack of respect from political elites was driving support for Reform UK, with supporters of that party more likely to think politicians as a whole disrespect them.

Tuesday’s poll has been published alongside a report from More in Common and the UCL Policy Lab examining how public opinion has changed since the general election.

It found 77% of people still thought it was time for change, while the most popular answer to the question of what had changed since Labour came to power was “nothing”.

The Times

6 July 2025

Keir Starmer’s Labour as chaotic as Tories, voters say

Conducted hours after Wednesday’s dramatic prime minister’s questions, the snap polling from More in Comon finds government infighting has undermined trust in the Labour Party and given Starmer his lowest ever approval rating of -43.

Worse still is that a mega-poll of more than 10,000 people shows if an election were held tomorrow, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party would win 290 seats. This would make them the largest party in a hung parliament and gives Reform more seats than YouGov’s first mega-poll since the election, published in June, which suggested Reform was on track to win 266 seats.

BBC News

5 July 2025

Labour might be down, but it's not necessarily out - voters reflect on a year in power

By Laura Kuenssberg

We gathered a group of Labour's 2024 voters together to delve into what's gone wrong, according to those who matter the most – the public.

Our participants were from two constituencies in Kent: Dartford and Gravesham. Both seats were won by Labour in the heady days of July 2024, thanks not only to Labour's campaign itself, but the collapse of the Conservative vote. And the swing to Sir Keir Starmer's party in both places was enormous, nearly 20%.

Our panel was selected by the political research group, More in Common, and the questions were asked to the group not by me, but by its director, Luke Tryl.

"I've always been Labour, but I expected much more from them," Yvette, who's 57 and a nutritionist said. "I thought they'd be there for the people."

Kelly is 35, and a stay-at-home mum. She was frustrated about what she sees as a lack of progress on immigration. "Everything they promised, nothing has come of it yet," Kelly said. "Immigration is a big thing for me."

New Statesman

22 June 2025

Grooming gangs, social cohesion and hard truths

By Luke Tryl

In the long term, attempts to avoid confronting issues are more toxic to than facing them head on.

The Independent

11 June 2025

How Labour’s spending review was shaped by Reform UK

I think Labour has a lot more work to do to combat the “Farage factor”. According to More In Common, the public now trusts Reform as much as Labour to provide support for vulnerable people, as well as on the economy. Reform has a narrow lead over the Tories on tax: 19 per cent trust Reform most to keep taxes low, compared with the 18 per cent who trust the Tories the most.

However, 46 per cent of people say Reform would be a risk to the economy, while 29 per cent disagree. Interestingly, comparing Farage’s recent policy announcements to the Truss mini-Budget erodes net support for his policies by 20 points. That is why Reeves deployed this ammunition, and why we will hear it thousands of times before the next election.

Financial Times

9 June 2025

Reform UK gains support in areas with high child poverty

A Financial Times analysis of election projections by pollster More in Common shows that the vast majority of constituencies where Reform is expected to perform well have higher than average child poverty rates.

Luke Tryl, director of More in Common, said Reform is appealing to people who are “disillusioned” with government and socially conservative, but left-leaning on economic issues.

“These voters keep trying to vote for change, they’re unhappy with the status quo,” he said, adding that Labour had so far failed to deliver on what voters saw as their core missions, including supporting working people, improving public services and reducing poverty.