Nigel Farage is the man most trusted in Britain to return the UK economy to growth, a poll has found, amid growing pessimism about the Labor government's left-wing policies.
According to investigation From Freshwater Strategy on behalf of London's business centre. City AM The newspaper said 24% of the public believed Britain's reformed leaders were “best placed to manage and grow the economy”.
By contrast, 20% of respondents said the same about recently appointed Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, and only 16% still believed Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labor government was up to the task.
The survey also found that an astonishing 72 per cent of voters believe the country is headed in the “wrong direction”, including those who supported Labor in last July's general election. That included 53 percent of voters.
Similarly, 75% said they had no confidence in the left-wing government's policies and ability to grow the economy, including 52% of Labor voters in 2024.
Commenting on the results, Freshwater country manager Matthew Lesh said the poll would “paint a tough picture for Mr Starmer” and showed the “ruthless attitude of the British public”.
It added that the poll “shows that the hope for change promised by Labor last July has now turned to despair among voters”.
Since coming to power, the Labor government has drawn criticism for its high tax and spending policies, imposing an extra £40 billion in taxes on people who had already suffered from decades of high tax burdens.
The record taxes imposed in October threw cold water on the party's promise to prioritize economic growth.
Meanwhile, despite significant tax increases, Labor has angered many by scrapping the winter fuel subsidy for the elderly and attempting to impose a death tax on family farms, encouraging farmers to support their cause. This left the reformers and Farage supporters who had defended the
Farage and Reform have also stolen supporters from Labor on the issue of mass immigration, with the government so far unable to stem the flow of illegal boat migrants and with no meaningful plans to cut legal immigration, which stands at nearly 1 million. I haven't been able to come up with anything. Last year I was alone.
A major poll conducted earlier this month found that 55% of people who voted Labor in July but now support reform cited immigration as their main motivation.
