Headline polling results: Lab 37%, Con 37%, Libdems 18%

David Cameron’s first 100 days in Downing Street have witnessed the coalition win the key argument over the economy with a Guardian/ICM poll today showing that voters back austerity measures to reduce Britain’s record peacetime budget deficit.

The monthly snapshot of public opinion suggests strong initial support for George Osborne’s controversial cuts-based recovery strategy, with the chancellor re-iterating today that the government would wreck the economy if it “budged” from its plans to slash borrowing during the course of the parliament.

Despite claims from Labour that front-loaded spending cuts risk a double-dip recession and will hit the poorest the hardest, 44% of those polled said the coalition was doing a “good job” in securing economic recovery against 37% who said it was doing a “bad job”.

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Where the Conservatives are holding on to the 37% vote share which achieved in the election, a quarter of those who backed the Lib Dems then have since switched sides, leaving the third party on just 18% – down one point on the month, and six on the election.

…more at the Guardian

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