100 Days in Office – How is Labour Doing?
100 days into Keir Starmer’s Labour Government, what do the polls tell us about how he, and his government, is performing? Helpfully, Ipsos Mori has just the answers, in the form of its latest Political Pulse report. According to the report, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer now has a net favourability rating of -26, with 26% of those questioned saying they felt favourable towards him (-6 percentage points from September) and 52% are unfavourable (+8). The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has a net favourability rating of -30, with 20% feeling favourable towards her (-3) and 50% unfavourable (+6). Overall, Labour now has a net favourability rating of -21, having been +6 just after the general election in July. Over the same period, the Conservative’s net favourability rating has increased from -39 to -28. 58% of those who were questioned said that they felt things in Britain are heading in the wrong direction (+3 points from September). Ipsos Mori notes that this is 9 percenta...