PEOPLE across the UK have delivered a damning verdict in a recent poll on Keir Starmer and his government after being asked: “What is the single best thing Labour have done in their first 100 days in office”.
The Labour Party leader has had a turbulent first 100 days in charge of the UK Government as his tenure has been plagued with an expenses scandal and criticism over his policy decisions including scrapping the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners and keeping the two-child benefit cap.
According to a recent poll carried out by YouGov almost half of Britons said “nothing yet” when asked what is the single best thing Labour have done since coming into power in July.
The poll specifies that the people who were polled were told to be specific with their answers and was conducted between October 4 – 6.
“Nothing yet,” was overwhelmingly the top response at 43% followed by “honesty about the economy,” coming in joint second at 4% along with handling the English and Northern Ireland riots “well”.
Other replies which equated to 3% of the polling total included sorting the NHS, ending the public sector strikes and getting the Tories out.
The poll also showed that one in three people in the UK believed changing the Winter Fuel Payments to be means-tested, meaning millions of older people will miss out on vital funding this year, is the biggest single fault of Starmer’s Government.
At 34% Labour voters are just as likely to agree that the decision behind scrapping the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of older people is Starmer’s biggest mistake.
Last week the charity Age Scotland said nearly 900,000 Scottish pensioners will lose their Winter Fuel Payment with 200,000 of them living in poverty or just above the poverty line no longer receiving the funding.
Almost one in 10 people said the Labour freebies scandal was the single worst thing Labour has done in their first 100 days in office.
While “everything” was the third most popular answer given to the question.
Other answers included supporting Israel, not keeping promises and immigration.
Starmer said earlier this month that him paying back more than £6000 worth of gifts and hospitality is not an admission he made a misstep.
The Prime Minister and other Cabinet members, who vowed to “clean up” British politics, have faced weeks of criticism for accepting tens of thousands of pounds worth of freebies from wealthy donors.
