Rishi Sunak expected to offer apology on behalf of state after inquiry delivers final report
According to new polling from Ipsos, reported in the Standard, people are a lot less gloomy about the state of the economy than they were last month – but this has not had much impact on how they say they are likely to vote.
In his story, Nicholas Cecil reports:
The Ipsos survey for The Standard showed 33 per cent of adults expect the country’s economic conditions to improve in the next year, 37 per cent to get worse, and 25 per cent “stay the same”, giving an Economic Optimism Index of -4 for May.
The figures are noticeably better than in April when 21 per cent thought there were be an economic improvement, 52 per cent a deterioration, and 21 per cent “stay the same”, an EOI of -31.
New from @IpsosUK: Labour lead at 21
Labour 41% (-3 from April)
Conservative 20% (+1)
Lib Dems 11% (+2)
Greens 11% (+2)
Reform 9% (-4)
Others 8% (+2)
N=1,008. fieldwork 8-14 May
Tables & more to follow. Key trends on our elections website here
Continue reading…Rishi Sunak expected to offer apology on behalf of state after inquiry delivers final reportAccording to new polling from Ipsos, reported in the Standard, people are a lot less gloomy about the state of the economy than they were last month – but this has not had much impact on how they say they are likely to vote.In his story, Nicholas Cecil reports:The Ipsos survey for The Standard showed 33 per cent of adults expect the country’s economic conditions to improve in the next year, 37 per cent to get worse, and 25 per cent “stay the same”, giving an Economic Optimism Index of -4 for May.The figures are noticeably better than in April when 21 per cent thought there were be an economic improvement, 52 per cent a deterioration, and 21 per cent “stay the same”, an EOI of -31.New from @IpsosUK: Labour lead at 21 Labour 41% (-3 from April)Conservative 20% (+1)Lib Dems 11% (+2)Greens 11% (+2)Reform 9% (-4)Others 8% (+2)N=1,008. fieldwork 8-14 MayTables & more to follow. Key trends on our elections website here Continue reading…