A snap poll for Channel 4 News following Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn statement shows that the majority of the public blame the current government for the cost of living crisis over “global factors”. Also, more say they now trust Labour more than the Conservatives on the economy, and most don’t trust the Governments stated commitment to “levelling up”

Q1. Which of the following do you think is mostly to blame for the cost of living crisis?

Answer	Overall	CON voters	LAB voters
The Government	51%	26%	73%
Global factors	37%	65%	18%
I don’t know	7%	6%	5%
Prefer not to say	6%	3%	4%

Full results here

Q2. Following yesterday’s Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy
Hunt, who do you trust more to manage the UK’s economy?

Answer	Overall	CON voters	LAB voters
The Labour Party	29%	6%	65%
The Conservative Party	19%	49%	3%
I don’t know	43%	38%	26%
Prefer not to say	9%	7%	6%

Full results here

Q3. To what extent do you agree that the Government is committed to “levelling up”,
spreading opportunity more equally across the UK?

Answer	Overall	CON voters	LAB voters
Strongly agree	4%	7%	1%
Somewhat agree	13%	27%	5%
Neither agree nor disagree	24%	30%	12%
Somewhat disagree	17%	12%	22%
Strongly disagree	31%	15%	53%

Full results here

A clip of the Channel 4 News coverage can be seen here

About the survey

Find Out Now interviewed 2,595 GB Adults online on Friday the 18th of November 2022. The sample was adjusted to nationally representative sample of 2,080 within 1% +/- ONS quotas for gender, age, region, SEG, and past voting.

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