Voters have given a massive thumbs down to Liz Truss’s economic plan with more than half thinking it is bad for the country.
The exclusive Deltapoll survey for the Mirror shows just 27% support scrapping the cap on bankers’ bonuses and only 17% back abolishing the top rate on income tax.
By a margin of more than two to one those polled believe they will be worse off as a result of the mini-Budget announced last Friday.
Six in ten (60%) think the plan is unfair and more than half (56%) think it is bad for the country. Just over half (51%) think it will make the UK a less equal society.
The Prime Minister’s personal approval rating is now at -29, while Keir Starmer fares much better on +11.
On the question of who would be best for the economy, twice as many voters picked Labour as the Tories.
A separate poll by YouGov last night showed more than half the country (51%) think Ms Truss should resign after only 25 days in the job.
Joe Twyman of Deltapoll said: “In September 1992, Black Wednesday was a disaster for John Major ’s Conservative government and turning point in their polling numbers.
“The early results suggest the last week has had an impact of similar size on the government of Liz Truss ’s.
“The key question now is what, if anything, can the Conservative Party do to recover their position in the eyes of the public? Or is it the case, like 1992, that we are experiencing a turning point from which the government will never recover?”
Deltapoll interviewed 1,613 British adults online between 27 and 29 September.
A separate poll by YouGov last night showed more than half the country (51%) think Ms Truss should resign after only 25 days in the job.
Labour has surged to a record lead in a series of polls in the last 48 hours, causing unease among Tory MPs.
Some have openly predicted the party may lose the next general election.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said a YouGov poll showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
He told Times Radio: “There’s a general election in two years, at the most in just over two years. And I think it’s hard to construct an argument now that the Conservatives can win that general election.
"I suspect the conversation is, you know, how much do we lose it by? And what is our duty to the country?
“Our duty to the country is to get the public finances in the best shape possible. So if we do lose the general election, we hand over some form of a legacy to the party or government that replaces us.
"We are a patriotic party. That’s our first duty — to the country. Our first duty is not to get re-elected, our first duty is to the country.”
