Approval ratings for both Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer have hit “an all-time low” as the public loses confidence in the government. New polling found three quarters of voters, 76%, have little or no confidence in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s ability to manage the economy . And even among people who voted Labour in last year’s general election, nearly half - 48% - say they lack confidence in the Chancellor.

The pre-Budget survey, by More in Commons, found voters would even prefer to bring back the last Conservative government, despite the chaos of its final few years. It found 68% of voters thin former Chancellor Rishi Sunak , who later became Prime Minister, would be a batter Chancellor than Ms Reeves, and 65% said the same about former Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt . On top of

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