The Guardian reports today:

An overwhelming majority of voters think Labour is failing to tell the truth about the state of the public finances, according to a new Guardian/ICM poll. The result suggests the government has come off worst from a week of squabbling between the parties over the deficit, and Gordon Brown’s admission that spending cuts will be needed.

Only 14% of voters think Labour is telling the truth about the country’s financial situation. More than twice as many believe what the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats say.

That’s what happens when you keep changing your narrative, Labour.

The poll offered little good news for Brown or Clegg – both of whom are more unpopular than their party. The poll also offered bad news for Clegg on his economic narrative:

Lib Dems are the most hostile to cuts and the keenest on tax – 32% want cuts and 53% tax – suggesting that Clegg’s talk of “savage” reductions in spending may go down badly with his party base.

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