Labour has seen a boost in polling
Government approval ratings have plummeted in the wake of the sleaze scandal involving Owen Paterson, new polling suggests.are almost neck and neck with the Conservatives.A long-standing lead for the Government has been cut to a single point – though it remains to be seen if the change is a long-term one, or if the finding is repeated in other companies’ polling.
It comes after the Government had whipped MPs to scrap the body which oversees their conduct, after it had suspended Mr Paterson. But following a major backlash and sleaze allegations, ministers performed a screeching U-turn and Mr Paterson resigned.showed a vast majority of the public believe he should have been suspended and MPs were wrong to initially block the move.Yet it found the Tories still on front on 37% – down three points on last week – with Labour up one point on 36%.
Sir Keir Starmer’s rating remains on -9, with 29% approving and 37% disapproving, while opinions of who would make the best prime minister have also narrowed dramatically. Elsewhere, the poll found that almost half of people would describe the Conservative Party and Mr Johnson as ‘corrupt’ while ess than a quarter thought them ‘clean and honest’.
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