Rishi Sunak’s big net zero announcement last week has been responded to warmly by voters, a new poll this afternoon suggests.
Deltapoll polled people from [Sept. 22 to 25] and saw a four-point swing from Labour to the Tories compared to their last poll 10 days ago.
Labour is down three points, with Mr. Sunak’s party rising five points. [emphasis, links added]
While Labour is still ahead of the Tories by 16 points, this is a significant swing in a short amount of time.
The poll was of 1,507 adults from Great Britain and found that both Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak were down one percentage point in their respective personal approval ratings.
The period between Deltapoll’s figures today and their last poll ten days ago covered a number of significant developments, including Mr. Sunak’s big Net Zero speech and Sir Keir Starmer coming under fire for his new migrant policy and comments about Brexit.
Tory MPs welcomed the poll, telling the Express it shows “sensible, pragmatic and conservative approaches to the policy will win us back the voters we need to succeed at the next general election.”
Red wall Tory Brendan Clarke-Smith said Mr. Sunak’s announcement last week went down “incredibly well” with his constituents who had been worried about the cost of Net Zero.
He added: “Keir Starmer has already demonstrated that he can’t withstand scrutiny with his flip-flopping on immigration policy and this is yet another prime example.”
Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson said: “It comes as no surprise that the gap in the polls [is] narrowing after we are announcing policies that appeal to the British public.”
“For those in any doubt, Starmer will legalize illegal immigration, cozy up to his master Macron, and drag us back into the EU in all but name.”
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