22 hours Ago By HuffPost UK
Support for Labour has plunged to just 21% in a new opinion poll, dealing a major blow to Keir Starmer with less than a month to go until the local elections. The More in Common survey also shows that more than half the public now support either the Tories or Reform UK . It was carried out after last week’s Spring Statement , suggesting the measures announced by Rachel Reeves have made the government even more unpopular than they were before.
The poll puts the Conservatives in first place on 26%, with Reform on 25% and Labour on 21% – the party’s lowest ever support with the pollster. The Lib Dems, meanwhile, are on 13% with the Greens on 7%. Luke Tryl, UK director of More in Common, told HuffPost UK: “Obviously this is just one poll and likely captured voters at a particularly tricky point for Labour.
“But the long term trend seems unarguable. Labour have lost a third of the vote they won last July and far from resetting Labour’s fortunes, the Spring Statement seems to have worsened them. “On the other side while the Tory-Reform split has the potential to benefit Labour, if the combined right vote is over 50% it might not ultimately matter with both parties of the right able to make significant gains at Labour’s expense.
” Voters across England will go to the polls on May 1 in the first major test of public opinion since Labour’s landslide general election victory last July. Related..
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