YouGov has done some snap polling on the Winter Budget. Despite the welfare spending splurge, 50% of Brits say the Budget will leave their family worse off, compared to just 3% of Brits who say it will leave their family better off. 47% of Brits think it will leave the country worse off while 9% think it will leave the country better off. Zero people think the economy is now in a “very good state” and only 11% say Reeves is a good Chancellor…
On Reeves’ measures, freezing Income Tax thresholds is one of the most unpopular:

More Brits see the Budget as unfair (48%) than fair (21%) – despite Reeves and Starmer constantly saying it would be – and more Brits see it as unaffordable for the country (47%) rather than affordable (22%). True…
















