Public largely see Labour in negative terms, with even Labour voters tending to not trust them in key policy areas
Labour’s annual party conference is kicking off this weekend in Liverpool. There is likely to be a very different tone to last year’s gathering, which was held in the aftermath of their landslide victory at the 2024 general election.
Now, just one in seven Britons (14%) approve of the government’s record to date, while seven in ten (69%) disapprove of Labour’s performance in office. This gives a net approval rating of -55, near identical to the final -56 rating for the previous government last July, just before the Conservatives lost power.
Even among Labour voters, a majority (53%) disapprove of the government, with just 29% feeling positively about the record of the government they elected.
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Two thirds of Britons (66%) see Labour as out of touch, relative to just 14% seeing them as in touch, while the public believe it’s unclear what the party stands for by a similar ratio (65% vs 16%).
Furthermore, around six in ten Britons describe Labour as weak rather than strong (62% vs 9%), untrustworthy rather than trustworthy (61% vs 14%), and incompetent rather than competent (59% vs 17%). Labour are also twice as likely to be seen as serving their own interests (54%) than trying to do the right thing (25%), or caring about a select few (50%) instead of caring about ordinary people (23%).
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Original article at https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53058-how-do-britons-see-labour-ahead-of-their-2025-party-conference
Full results: https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Internal_LabourTrust_250901.pdf
