New polls say public think cuts are too fast


by Sunny Hundal    
October 26, 2010 at 10:20 am

An ICM poll for the Guardian today shows that more people think the cuts went too far, than those who didn’t.

48% of people thought cuts went too far, 36% thought they were right, 8% said they didn’t go far enough.

52% thought that the cuts were unfair, compared to 44% who thought they were fair. The Coalition is still not winning that battle.

A Populus poll for the Times showed Labour moving ahead of Conservatives for the first time since Nov 2007 (by their own numbers).

Conservatives 37%(-2), Labour 38%(+1), Libdems 15%(+1). All are within the margin of error however.

Of those polled, 58% thought the effects of the cuts would be unfair. A majority said that the cuts are too large, via Anthony Wells


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Where’s the bit about how the ICM poll has the Tories on 39% and Labour on 36%?

2. Chaise Guevara

Don’t be silly, Richard. LC only publishes the results of REAL polls. Y’know, the ones that make Labour look good.

More people thought the cuts were unfair (52%) than thought they went too far (48%).

Also, more people thought they were fair (44%) than that they were right (36%).

What the poll shows is confusion.

I wonder what the public will think now they’ve heard that Q3 growth was higher than expected (a story that is noticeably absent from this site).

@4 Is this the Q3 growth that in the period July-Sept i.e. before the cuts?

I only report on polls if there’s something new to say.

@5 “Is this the Q3 growth that in the period July-Sept i.e. before the cuts?”

Cuts were made during that period. For example, the civil service recruitment freeze began. The government also renegotiated and delayed contracts, such as this one: http://www.unitetheunion.org/news__events/latest_news/con-dem_government_delay_puts.aspx


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