7 November 2022
New polling released last night for the More in Common campaign group found 75 percent of the public are worried about the cost-of-living crisis (more than double those who said the same 12 months ago), with 40 percent cutting back on Christmas presents ahead of the festive season. Ministers could always attempt to spin a win on having less Chinese-manufactured Christmas landfill.
7 November 2022
The new study conducted for think tank, More In Common, found 57 per cent of people believed the UK should continue to accept more Ukrainian refugees compared to just 27 per cent who think the programme should stop.
5 November 2022
Rishi Sunak beats Sir Keir Starmer as the leader most trusted by the public to sort out the economy, according to a new poll.
Voters back the new PM over the Labour leader by 44 points to 36 when it comes to dealing with Britain's economic problems, the survey for the think-tank More In Common reveals.
3 November 2022
Voters in the historic “red wall” seat of Sedgefield in County Durham, where Tony Blair was once elected to parliament, are willing to give Rishi Sunak a chance to improve their prospects as the cost of living crisis deepens, since they say Keir Starmer is “not making a case for himself”. Members of a focus group convened by UK More in Common for the Guardian described Sunak as “the money man”, with a CV that proves he was the “best of a bad bunch” of Conservative leadership candidates.
30 October 2022
“There is a perception the police have vacated the field, particularly on burglary,” says Luke Tryl, UK Director of More In Common, who has been holding focus groups in red wall seats. “If Labour can present themselves as more concerned about public safety and crime it’d go a long way to winning this group back.”
30 October 2022
More in Common director Luke Tryl said: “Most of the public are baffled at the events of recent weeks, not just how things could go wrong so quickly, but how they could also end up with not one but two prime ministers that they didn’t vote for.” He added: “If Sunak is able to calm things down and point to better times ahead, calls for a general election might subside. But as things stand the prospect of a bleak winter, further spending cuts and yet more turmoil means the number of people demanding a vote is only set to grow.”