Hunt’s budget backfires as twice as many voters say taxes will rise – poll

An opinion poll for the Observer suggests Jeremy Hunt failed to secure a ‘budget bounce’. Photograph: Paul Marriott/REX/Shutterstock

Jeremy Hunt’s budget appears to have backfired - with almost twice as many voters believing it will increase taxes overall, as those who think it will mean tax cuts.

The latest Opinium poll for the Observer, conducted after the budget, also shows that the Tories have fallen two points in the past two weeks, suffering the reverse of a “budget bounce”.