A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
The Independent
24 November 2025
Two thirds of voters want Reeves to cut spending rather than hike taxes in Budget
More than two thirds of voters would rather Rachel Reeves cut government spending than increase taxes in the Budget, new polling this week has revealed.
Data from More in Common also points to a majority of people thinking that Sir Keir Starmer is doing a bad job, while fewer than one in five think he is doing well.
According to More in Common, the prime minister has a poll rating of -51, one of the worst in recent history. This is made up of 68 per cent of Britons who think that Sir Keir is doing a bad job, compared to just 17 per cent who think he is doing a good job.
Meanwhile, just days before the Budget, the chancellor Rachel Reeve’s approval rating is even worse at -52, also the lowest More in Common has recorded for her.
The Times
22 November 2025
Chancellor to scrap two-child benefit cap but pledge welfare reform
However, a poll by the More In Common think tank suggests that 67 per cent of Britons would rather Reeves filled the fiscal black hole by cutting spending on public services than by raising taxes on working people.
The survey of 2,007 people between November 18-19 also found that 47 per cent of people say that extending the freeze would break Labour’s manifesto promise not to raise income tax.
The Sunday Times
22 November 2025
Chancellor to scrap two-child benefit cap but pledge welfare reform
Reeves plans to: raise tens of billions of pounds by freezing income tax thresholds for an extra two years to 2030; impose national insurance above a new cap on salary sacrifice schemes, affecting pension pots; revalue council tax on the top-band properties and impose a surcharge on the most expensive; and introduce a pay-per-mile scheme on electric cars.
However, a poll by the More In Common think tank suggests that 67 per cent of Britons would rather Reeves filled the fiscal black hole by cutting spending on public services than by raising taxes on working people.
The survey of 2,007 people between November 18-19 also found that 47 per cent of people say that extending the freeze would break Labour’s manifesto promise not to raise income tax.
The Telegraph
21 November 2025
I am British and I am Jewish. Here I stand
In fact much of my local area is suffused with memories of that terrible day. Even a visit to my local kosher shop – a favourite for its chopped liver – is shadowed by tragedy: Melvin Kravitz, who worked there, was one of the two victims. It’s hard not to think of his family’s harrowing grief while browsing the aisles.
So it’s hardly surprising that, according to new research by think tank More in Common, the attack on Heaton Park synagogue is cited as a key reason why nearly half of those surveyed believe the UK is no longer a safe place for Jewish people.
The Guardian
21 November 2025
Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it
The polling group More in Common finds not just the wider public, but a majority of Labour and Green voters – yes Labour and Green – support much of the government’s Danish-style ruthlessness. “In both language and substance, Shabana Mahmood is much more in line with the median Brit than either the Labour left or Reform,” says Luke Tryl, director of More in Common.
His polling finds that on the harshest items, a majority of both Labour and Green voters back these plans: prioritising sending asylum seekers home rather than integrating them in the UK; requiring financial guarantees before bringing in family. A majority of Labour voters, and more Green supporters than not, also support giving refugees only a temporary right to stay; only allowing permanent residency if they speak good English and have a full-time job; and only granting asylum to those personally targeted by a regime, not just fleeing wars. There are 59 active, state-based conflicts around the world, more than at any time since the second world war.
The Daily Mail
20 November 2025
Nearly half of British people think the UK is unsafe for Jewish people in the wake of the Heaton Park synagogue attack, a major new study has found.
Fears about anti-Semitism have also increased since the attack, with six in 10 people saying they are concerned about its rise during the Middle East conflict.
Alongside this, the public's patience for protest marches is also wearing thin with two thirds of people saying the most disruptive should be banned.
Luke Tryl, director of More in Common UK, warned that 'divisions over the conflict have seriously strained trust in Britain's media organisations, institutions and politicians'.
'The Government, civil society and those most engaged in the conflict need to do more to find ways out of the growing cycle of polarisation that risks inflicting lasting scars on social cohesion in the UK,' he said.