🆕 Keir Starmer's net approval rating has fallen further in our latest tracker. It now sits at minus 33 points, which is a drop of 44 points since his post election high. Perhaps explains why this weekend's reset was necessary.
As early as Feb 22, fully 75% of the public felt Johnson was untrustworthy & by July 22 only 21% thought the Tory party was fit govern. Johnson had a corrosive effect on public trust in all politicians, by 2023 just 12% trusted political parties.
98% of the adult cares homes closed to protect people from harm were run by for profit companies. And 90% of children's homes. Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit
At the risk of activating all those who say this is meaningless, here’s a UK council election tonight: Marton (Blackpool) Council By-Election Result: ➡️ RFM: 38.8% (+29.3) 🌹 LAB: 28.0% (-23.0) 🌳 CON: 21.3% (-18.2) 🙋 IND: 7.0% (New) 🔶 LDM: 2.8% (New) 🌍 GRN: 2.1% (New) (via Election Maps)
Labour's claim that taxes on average earners are at a 70-year high is demonstrably untrue, if only we could have an honest debate about taxes and spending. steverayson.com/the-unpopula...
Steve Rayson, author of 'The Fall of the Red Wall - The Labour Party No Longer represents People Like Us' and 'Badgeland - 1980s Dreams, Demos & Defeats. Memoir of a Labour Party Young Socialist'.
Context for Rachel Reeves’s investment drive: the UK has had the lowest investment in the G7 for 24 of the last 30 years.
🆕 After some tough headlines this week the Starmer slide in approval has continued. His net approval now sits at -27, roughly the same level as Rishi Sunak was at when he called the election and a fall of 38 points since July.
Today's Inside Politics, featuring some exclusive polling from Ipsos about how Labour and the Conservatives are perceived at the moment:
New Conservative leader must reshape image, while Keir Starmer’s party seen as increasingly ‘extreme,’ poll finds