GB News People's Poll: Voters don't trust Starmer to deliver

He vowed to stick to tough spending rules, cut NHS waiting lists, launch a border security command, set up a publicly owned energy company, provide more neighbourhood police officers, and to recruit more teachers.

But in a blow to Mr Starmer, a People Polling poll for GB News has revealed voters are far from convinced he can deliver on his roadmap.

A poll of 1,476, conducted yesterday (THU) by People Polling for GB News, saw only 5 per cent say they had a “great deal” of trust in Labour delivering those pledges.

22 per cent said they had a “fair amount” of trust. But 26 per cent answered “not much” when asked how much trust they had in Starmer delivering on his pledges. And 23 per cent answered “not at all”.

The poll also revealed:

• Conservatives polling on 20 per cent and Labour on 47 per cent. Reform is at 14 per cent and the Lib Dems on just 9 per cent.

• When asked about Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, 29 per cent of the public believe that they are ready for government; 33 per cent think they are not ready for government and 38 per cent are unsure.

• 47 per cent of the public are in support (either strongly or tending to support) of the newly announced guidance that children under the age of nine should not be taught sex education, compared to 25 per cent who oppose the guidance.

• When asked whether the UK should introduce a new scheme to take in refugees from Palestine, affected by the ongoing conflict, 29 per cent supported either strongly or tending to support) the proposal, compared to 42 per cent in opposition to the idea. 29 per cent of those asked were unsure.

• Tories need to focus on 'absolute priorities' – not rainbow lanyards, says Robert Halfon MP
• 'Sir Keir's proclamation to the people is the clear cut absence of originality, radical ambition and vision'
• 'Keir Starmer's six key pledges is identical to Blair without the flair'

Commenting on the poll, politics expert Professor Matthew Goodwin said: “Labour has a commanding lead of 27-points, more than enough for a majority government, though note Labour’s lead at the recent local elections was much lower.

"Reform remains a major problem for Rishi Sunak, at 14 per cent, and is still poaching one in four of the Conservative Party’s 2019 voters.

"Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives, meanwhile, continue to languish on just 20 per cent, well behind Keir Starmer and Labour.

"There is no evidence at all that Rishi Sunak’s latest rebrand is cutting through with voters.

“While much of the SW1 debate focuses on Labour’s improvements since the Corbyn-era, we should remember that still only a small minority of British voters, just 29 per cent, think Starmer and Labour are ready for government, while a larger number of voters think they are not ready.

"This is a reminder that there is little mass public enthusiasm for the opposition Labour party, despite their considerable lead in the national polls.

“While Labour’s six pledges have attracted considerable attention in and around SW1, our results show that the public remain deeply unconvinced.

"The fact that only one in 20 voters have a great deal of trust in Labour to deliver on these pledges, while only a little more than one in four voters have any trust at all in Labour to deliver on these pledges, should worry Labour HQ.”