Labour cannot stop small boats crisis, majority of Britons fear in fresh poll
There is scepticism that the new Government will be able to achieve net zero emissions and a reduction in Channel boat crossings.
Most Britons are sceptical about whether Sir Keir Starmer can stop the boats and get to net zero, a poll has found.
Nearly six in 10 Britons (57%) think the Governing party will be unable to tackle boat crossings at all.
A similar figure (56%) said Labour would fail to achieve net zero, the poll of more than 2,000 before the election showed.
But the UK public is generally optimistic about the Labour Government’s ability to tackle a range of policy challenges.
In particular, the policy challenge the UK public believes Labour is likely to tackle is long NHS waiting lists, with 63% of the UK public thinking that Labour will tackle it effectively.
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Ryan Shorthouse, executive chair of Bright Blue, who commissioned the survey, said: “The UK public evidently want to turn the page on the last fourteen years of Conservative Government.
“There is a craving for change, especially in how our economy, the NHS and immigration systems are managed. There is a prevailing view that younger people will be best supported by building more homes and supporting them with the cost of housing.
“The UK public have some degree of confidence that the new Labour Government will tackle major policy challenges, especially economic ones such as the high cost of living, poor economic growth and regional inequality. However, there is scepticism that the new Government will be able to achieve net zero emissions and a reduction in Channel boat crossings.”
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The policy challenge that the UK public think the Labour Government is less likely to tackle is the war in Ukraine, with 65% of the UK public thinking that Labour will not be able to tackle the war in Ukraine at all.
The UK public is most likely to think that the top policy priority for the Labour Government should be reducing NHS waiting lists (61%), improving economic growth (36%) and reducing immigration (29%).
Bartek Staniszewski, Senior Research Fellow at Bright Blue, said: “Not only does this polling reveal the extent of the public’s dissatisfaction with the last 14 years of Tory government – it also shows just how well Labour have managed to seize on it.
“Labour are expected to deliver across some of the most pressing challenges facing the UK: NHS waiting lists, economic growth and housing. Unsurprisingly, those are some of the same areas where the public’s assessment of Conservative performance is at its most damning.
“But this polling also shows how important work and family are for young people. Proposals to support those are some of the most popular among the 45s.”
