Half of Britons think next year will be worse than this year as a New Year survey of over 2,400 people has revealed that only 23 per cent of Britons believe 2025 will be better than 2024.
Almost 18 per cent believe next year will be “much worse” while 27 per cent say 2025 will stay the same.
The poll showed that Labour supporters are more optimistic, with 48 per cent saying 2025 will be better and 30 saying it will be worse.
Reform UK voters however are more pessimistic, with 65 per cent saying next year will be worse.
Tories shared a similar feeling, with 64 per cent saying the coming year will be worse.
Over two-thirds of those surveyed said they believe Sir Keir Starmer’s government will fail to reduce the number of migrants crossing the channel or reduce the number of people on NHS waiting lists in 2025.
Luke Tryl of More in Common, who carried out the survey, said the poll reflected a “pervasive sense of national gloom which has set upon us”.
He said this was due to dissatisfaction with the government and disappointment that Labour had failed to deliver on its “Change agenda”.
Luke Tryl of More in Common, who carried out the survey, said the poll reflected a “pervasive sense of national gloom which has set upon us”
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He added: “We thought things would get better and they haven’t. So we are now less convinced that they will get better.”
Tryl also said it was interesting how people dislike the “difficult decisions to fix the foundations’ stuff.”
He claimed this contributes to people’s pessimism since they are not being offered a good vision for the future.
With that in mind, do you agree that 2025 will be worse than 2024? Have your say by voting in the poll above.
