Sir Keir Starmer has been branded the worst Prime Minister in modern history after just five months in the role, marking just the latest horror poll for the PM.
Fresh data from pollsters at Ipsos has handed Starmer a -34 ‘satisfaction rating’ after five months in charge – worse than any other PM since the 1970s.
Just 27 per cent of those surveyed were satisfied with his performance, while an overwhelming 61 per cent were dissatisfied.
Rounding out the top three for most unpopular PMs after five months was Gordon Brown (-23) and Rishi Sunak (-22).
On the other end of the scale, Sir Tony Blair saw an overwhelming +57 in 1997, while Sir John Major enjoyed a +33 at the same stage of his time in charge.
It’s not just personal – confidence in the economy under Starmer is the second worst in modern history, the poll discovered, with just 15 per cent of Britons believing it will improve over the next year.
Almost two-thirds of those surveyed (65 per cent) think it will get worse – contributing to Starmer’s “net optimism” rating of -49 on the economy.
Ipsos surveyed 1,028 voters between November 27 and December 4.
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‘Labour MUST change course!’ Shadow Business Secretary joins Reeves pile-on after damning Treasury figures emerge
‘Thieves Reeves has got her sums wrong,’ Andrew Griffith jabbed
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Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith has urged Labour to reconsider its “cruel” family farm tax raids in the wake of this morning’s damning CBI Economics report.
Writing on social media, Griffith said: “Thieves Reeves has got her sums wrong on Business Property Relief: It will COST more than it raises.
“Which is no surprise to anyone to anyone who remembers the story of killing the golden goose.
“Family businesses are the lifeblood of their communities. Labour must change course.”
Esther McVey takes swipe at Chancellor as inheritance tax raid revealed to cost £1BILLION more than it raises – ‘Rachel from accounts has got her sums all wrong!’
Tory MP Esther McVey has laid into Rachel Reeves after it emerged that her inheritance tax raid is set to cost the Treasury £1.26billion more than it raises.
The Chancellor’s tax raid on family businesses and farms is expected to generate £1.38billion in extra inheritance tax revenue over five years, but the loss of economic activity will lead to a £2.6billion reduction in other tax income, according to an analysis by CBI Economics.
And the MP for Tatton has lashed out at Reeves in response.
Writing on social media, McVey said: “According to analysis by the CBI, Rachel from accounts has got her inheritance tax sums all wrong!”
“Labour economics,” she jabbed.
READ THE FULL STORY ON THE CBI’S INHERITANCE TAX WARNING HERE
Dire warnings issued over Chinese spies in Britain as Reform UK considers naming ‘H6’ in Parliament
Top Tories have warned that there are “many, many more” alleged Chinese spies in Britain as details continue to emerge about the mysterious Prince Andrew-linked “H6”.
Shadow Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said the allegations were merely the “tip of the iceberg” – and was “sure” that Chinese agents were “active right now in attempting to influence journalism, academics, politics, and the whole lot”.
“I can understand why it’s been about Prince Andrew, but it’s not really about Prince Andrew. It’s about the way the Chinese Communist Party is seeking to exert influence here in the United Kingdom,” he told the BBC.
Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the same, telling the broadcaster: “We’re dealing with the tip of the iceberg. The fact is there are many more like him (H6) in the UK. There are many more doing the job that he’s been doing, and the fact he was leaving the UK tells you that he realised at some point he was going to get caught.
“The reality is that there are many, many more involved in exactly this kind of espionage that’s taking place. The reality for us is very simple – China is a very clear threat.”
It comes after Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice said he will invoke parliamentary privilege to identify the man currently known as “H6” as soon as today in a bid to uncover a “stitch-up and a cover-up” by the Establishment.
READ THE FULL STORY ON REFORM’S THREAT TO NAME H6 HERE
Backlash to Labour’s £50m Syria splurge grows amid winter fears for pensioners
‘Vulnerable and desperate British pensioners MUST come first. Priorities, David Lammy,’ Rupert Lowe said
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Labour has been accused of having its priorities in the wrong place in the wake of its £50million-valued foreign aid spend on Syria.
Reform UK’s Rupert Lowe warned that splashing the cash abroad while Labour was readying up to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment was “a poor decision” and a neglection of British pensioners.
He said: “A £50million package for Syria when millions of British pensioners have had their heating allowance stripped away is a poor decision.
“Vulnerable and desperate British pensioners MUST come first. Priorities, David Lammy.”
The Great Yarmouth MP added: “All this money can be found for Syria, overseas climate aid, foreign farmers and whatever else.
“What about the freezing British pensioners who have paid into the system their entire lives? Reeves talks of difficult decisions – she’s made her choice very clear.”
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