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Voters have rejected Tory plans for permanent austerity and expect to see funding for stretched public services restored as the economy grows, a Yougov poll showed yesterday.
Research commissioned by the TUC showed 56 per cent of people "want to see most or all of the services that have been cut restored," eclipsing the 29 per cent of people who insisted that they "want to see most or all of the cuts retained."
Labour voters were the most keen to see Britain's social fabric patched up after suffering greatly under the Con-Dem knife.
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Exempting military expenditure from austerity while slashing welfare represents a fundamental misallocation of resources that guarantees continued decline, argues MICHAEL BURKE
