Starmer Suffers Biggest Fall in Popularity for New PM as Horror Budget Looms

 Sir Keir’s approval rating was at a high of plus-11 in July after Labour won the election with a landslide 174-seat majority – the biggest in 25 years – according to the poll, by More in Common.

But by this month, ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget on Wednesday, his personal rating had fallen to –38 – a net drop of 49.

It takes him below Rishi Sunak’s rating, which this month has improved from –37 when he lost the election to –31, according to the poll of 1,012 adults.

In comparison, Sir Tony Blair’s approval was still at plus-46 in August 1997, three months after his landslide victory, when the figure stood at plus-60. It took until summer 2000 before his rating turned negative.

David Cameron’s approval rating did not turn negative until the start of 2011, after he had defeated Labour and formed a coalition Government with the Liberal Democrats in 2010.

It was not until the “omnishambles” Budget of April 2012 that his rating dropped to just above –30.

Boris Johnson, who started off at –20 despite winning the 2019 election, had turned his rating around to plus three by January and then plus-14 by the following March....<<<Read More>>>...