Voters abandon Tories as faith in economic competence dives

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "Reducing benefits during a cost of living crisis while cutting taxes of those with the highest incomes; reducing expenditure on the NHS during a winter that is likely to be particularly tough; substantially reducing real terms public sector pay at a time of full employment.
45% : In further dire news for the new prime minister, some Tory MPs are already in talks with Labour over how to block elements of the prime minister's plans, with parliamentary rebellions looming over likely real-terms cuts to welfare, planning reforms and a new wave of austerity.
41% : James Cartlidge, MP for South Suffolk, said: "To be clear, cutting tax for top earners while reducing benefits in a cost of living crisis is unacceptable."
31% :Concerns were also voiced by Tories on Saturday after Simon Clarke, a key Truss ally and the levelling up secretary, signalled that welfare would be cut as part of plans to bring public spending back under control.
28% : That gives us more time before the next general election to forget this awful episode."Writing for the Observer, former Tory Treasury minister David Gauke says cutting public spending is not "credible".

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