Only 13% back the deal

BARELY one in eight voters think Theresa May’s Chequers deal will be ‘good for Britain,’ a poll found yesterday.

The Prime Minister has insisted the controversial deal struck at her country retreat last week is ‘in the national interest’ and the best option for achieving a ‘smooth’ Brexit.

But a YouGov poll found that with neither Leave nor Remain voters believe it would be good for the country.

Only 23 per cent of voters said the deal would ‘respect the result of the referendum’, with 39 per cent saying it would not. Among Leave voters, just 16 per cent said the deal was in line with the referendum.

Overall, only 13 per cent of voters said the deal would be ‘good for Britain’, with 42 per cent saying it would not. Only 3 per cent of voters said they would be ‘very happy’ if the final Brexit deal matched the Chequers proposals. The survey of 1,732 for The Times found that 66 per cent of Leave voters said the deal was too ‘soft’.