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Financial Times

28 August 2024

More than half of Britons disapprove of Labour government, poll finds

The YouGov survey came as a poll by think-tank More in Common conducted between August 24 and August 27 found Starmer’s approval rating had fallen to -16, the lowest score the think-tank has ever recorded for the Labour leader.

The fall from +6 earlier this month, when Starmer received a bounce from his response to the riots, came after the government faced questions over its handling of appointments after a party donor and several other Labour-linked figures were given senior civil service roles.

The Daily Mail

28 August 2024

Labour minister left squirming during BBC Newsnight interview as he fails to defend party over 'passes for glasses' scandal

It comes as a More In Common poll found 63 per cent of people believe Sir Keir's Government is only interested in helping its allies, while 53 per cent say Labour is 'very' or 'somewhat' corrupt. Even 23 per cent of Labour supporters think the party is corrupt.

The Daily Mail

23 August 2024

Brits say Sir Keir Starmer was wrong to give train drivers bumper pay rises, the Daily Mail's EXCLUSIVE poll reveals

The exclusive poll, by campaign group More In Common, found 47 per cent of the public think handing train drivers the bumper settlement will 'fail to prevent strike action from rail workers'.

Only a third said they believe it will prevent further walkouts.

Forty-five per cent also said the Government 'should resist big pay increases [for train drivers], even if it means the strike goes on for longer.

the i

21 August 2024

Battle of Brexit 2.0: Farage’s plan to push ‘deeply vulnerable’ Starmer on ECHR

Jim Blagden, associate director of the think-tank More in Common, says that adopting a stance to leave the ECHR would likely set the Tories further back in “Blue Wall” seats in the South of England which the party lost to Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Polling by MiC in March found that Blue Wall voters were twice as likely to think we should stay in the ECHR rather than leaving it. More broadly, Blagden says that the ECHR is a “low salience” issue for the public and many people “don’t really know what it is”. Majoring on the issue could reinforce perceptions that the party is “out of touch”.

Huffington Post

21 August 2024

Exclusive: Support Among Voters For Keir Starmer's Handling Of The Riots Has Soared

More in Common’s UK director, Luke Tryl said: “Keir Starmer’s tough approach to the rioters has been backed by the public, the majority of whom disapprove of the riots and want to see the full force of the law used against those who commit violence.

“While the unrest was taking place, approval for Keir Starmer’s response was under water, but now as the rioters are facing justice his approval has turned dramatically more positive.

“Rather than being too harsh on rioters as some have suggested, most of the public think the policing and sentencing of rioters is about right, or even too lenient.”

The Times

21 August 2024

Free movement curbs could be relaxed under EU reset

Polling suggests a move to allow young Europeans to come and work in the UK for a time would be popular with the public. A survey this week by More in Common found 58 per cent of voters would back such a scheme and only 10 per cent were opposed. Only 17 per cent of leave voters thought it was a bad idea — and 49 per cent supported it.