Living costs ‘matter more to most voters’

VOTERS are more focused on the cost of living than Partygate or Beergate but are more likely to want Boris Johnson to resign than Sir Keir Starmer, new polling shows.

Half of people surveyed between May 6-10 told pollster Ipsos they thought Johnson should resign while only 36% thought the same of Starmer. That figure rose to 40% when Ipsos asked whether the Labour leader should resign if he is fined by Durham Police, as he has promised to do.

Only 30% of people said the question of whether the prime minister stuck to the rules was important in informing their opinion of Mr Johnson, compared to 47% who cited his policies on the cost of living. For Sir Keir, 19% said they based their opinion on whether he followed Covid laws while 42% said his policies on the cost of living mattered.