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Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:57 am
According to this YouGov poll.
From the Sunday Times
Voters turn tax anger on Labour
David Smith
Members of the public believe that Labour has squandered tens of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and is now hitting them with higher taxes and rising bills just as the economy is entering a downturn, a Sunday Times poll shows.
Their concerns have been crystallised by Alistair Darling’s budget, which they see as raising taxes while doing little to tackle concerns such as climate change and binge-drinking.
The result, according to the poll of 2,300 people, is that Labour has fallen further behind the Tories than at any time for more than two decades.
By 78% to 12%, voters think that the government wastes large amounts of money and is not trying to do anything about it. They also think that David Cameron hit the target last week when he said Labour had squandered money in the good times, forcing it to raise taxes when the economy was slowing. By 66% to 15%, people agree with Cameron’s criticism.
The tax squeeze is compounded by the fact that people do not believe official inflation figures. By 86% to 7%, they say everything they buy, including food, petrol and domestic energy, is rising faster than the government admits.
They also think, by 84% to 8%, that energy companies rip off consumers and should have been hit with a windfall tax in the budget.
Green taxes, such as those on “gas guzzlingâ€Â
From the Sunday Times
Voters turn tax anger on Labour
David Smith
Members of the public believe that Labour has squandered tens of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and is now hitting them with higher taxes and rising bills just as the economy is entering a downturn, a Sunday Times poll shows.
Their concerns have been crystallised by Alistair Darling’s budget, which they see as raising taxes while doing little to tackle concerns such as climate change and binge-drinking.
The result, according to the poll of 2,300 people, is that Labour has fallen further behind the Tories than at any time for more than two decades.
By 78% to 12%, voters think that the government wastes large amounts of money and is not trying to do anything about it. They also think that David Cameron hit the target last week when he said Labour had squandered money in the good times, forcing it to raise taxes when the economy was slowing. By 66% to 15%, people agree with Cameron’s criticism.
The tax squeeze is compounded by the fact that people do not believe official inflation figures. By 86% to 7%, they say everything they buy, including food, petrol and domestic energy, is rising faster than the government admits.
They also think, by 84% to 8%, that energy companies rip off consumers and should have been hit with a windfall tax in the budget.
Green taxes, such as those on “gas guzzlingâ€Â
