Sunak’s Tories Narrow Gap to Labour After U-Turn on Green Agenda

09/26/2023 01:35
Sunak’s Tories Narrow Gap to Labour After U-Turn on Green Agenda

The UK’s governing Conservative Party clawed back a third of their polling deficit behind the Labour opposition after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would scale back the government’s green agenda to save Britons money.

  • Deltapoll voting intention data puts Conservatives up 5 points
  • Labour falls 3 points to 44%, 16 points above Sunak’s party

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

The UK’s governing Conservative Party clawed back a third of their polling deficit behind the Labour opposition after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would scale back the government’s green agenda to save Britons money.

The Tories trail Labour by 16 points in the latest survey by Deltapoll, conducted Sept. 22-25, after registering a 24-point deficit 10 days earlier. People intending to vote Conservative rose five points to 28%, while those planning to vote Labour fell by three points to 44%. The Liberal Democrats were unchanged on 10%.

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