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The Telegraph

18 November 2024

Why showdown with farmers risks defining Starmer’s Government
Polls demonstrate that farmers not only have the public’s backing in their fight against the Government but also hold a special place in the nation’s hearts – so much so that Luke Tryl, executive director of More in Common, warned the tax raid could become the Chancellor’s own “pasty tax.”
He said polling showed 57 per cent of the public supported exempting farmers from inheritance tax when passing down their estates, compared with 24 per cent against.
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Huffington Post

10 November 2024

 

Exclusive: Brits Warn Labour Not To Let Donald Trump Derail Fight Against Climate Change

According to a poll carried out by More in Common, two-thirds say Britain should not water down its commitments even if America does so.

Conleth Burns, associate director of More in Common, said: “Our research reflects a national pride in the UK’s leadership on climate and a desire from the public to see the country to go further and faster rather than retreat.

“Should President Trump scale back recent US commitments to tackling climate change, there is no public mandate for the UK to follow suit. Public support for climate action is strong.”

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The Guardian

8 November 2024

“It’s very smart for Reform to target Wales,” said Luke Tryl, the director of the More in Common polling consultancy. “What has been Reform’s biggest challenge to date – having reasonably high electoral support but very inefficiently distributed – doesn’t matter so much because they will be rewarded for share of the vote rather than where those votes are.

“There are lots of Welsh seats which are very similar to the ‘red wall’ seats where Reform also do well and in many cases have emerged as the main challenger to Labour.”

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New Statesman

4 November 2024

Should Labour fear Kemi Badenoch? 

From Luke Tryl, director of think tank More in Common: “During the Tory leadership campaign, we did lots of focus groups. Kemi was the candidate where people would say ‘oh she’s quite different isn’t she? Honest, direct, I want to hear more’, which is the key for me because when you’re in opposition that’s the question you’re answering: ‘how do I get people to actually listen to us?’”

The challenge for Badenoch – as with her ill-fated comments on maternity pay during the Conservative conference – is that voters may not always like what they hear.

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The Sunday Times

3 November 2024

 

Rachel Reeves: I’ll get growth through reform of pensions and welfare

Luke Tryl, director of More in Common, said: “Labour’s gloomy pre-budget expectation management appears to have paid off: while the public aren’t exactly happy about the budget, and don’t think it will help them personally, there is a definite sense compared to the mood last week that things could have been worse."

"But there are warning signs — especially the fact that the public are now more likely than not to say that Labour have failed to keep their flagship promise not to raise taxes on working people.”

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The Independent

1 November 2024

Labour is stretching credulity – but soon, the elastic will go ‘ping!’

Voters in Scunthorpe who switched at the election from Conservative to Labour told Luke Tryl in a focus group for More in Common that “the way they are balancing things feels sneaky” but “I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt”.

They liked the extra spending on the NHS and seemed to reluctantly accept the tax rise, even if “they are taxing you around the back door” and “they’ve just changed the wording to suit themselves, but it’s still a tax”.