More than half of people think Rishi Sunak is not delivering his promises

Majority of Brits believe Rishi Sunak is doing a bad job in delivering on his promises.

The prime minister set out five priorities at the start of the year, including halving inflation, growing the economy, cutting NHS waiting lists, reducing national debt and stopping small boat crossings.

Almost half a year after, a poll by Ipsos UK found more than 50% of people think the government is failing on almost all those priorities.

This compares to 37% in 2022, according to a similar poll conducted last April.

In a further blow to Downing Street, voters also expressed that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer would do better job.

Ipsos director of politics Keiran Pedley said there is ‘not a lot of good news’ in the numbers for the PM.

‘Of his five pledges, the public tend to think his government are doing worst in the areas that are most important to them,’ he added.

According to the poll, the public’s top priority was easing the cost of living (with 59% listing it as important), followed by ensuring people can get NHS treatment more quickly (54%) and reducing NHS waiting lists (51%).

But 60% stressed that the government was doing a bad job on easing the cost of living, with only 18% saying it was doing a good job and 62% thought it was not delivering on reducing NHS wait times.

On growing the economy, which 39% listed as one of their priorities, 50% said the government was failing.

Stopping small boats and ensuring illegal immigrants were deported was a lower priority for the general public, with 29% mentioning it.

Meanwhile, only 15% of people said they thought reducing the national debt was important.

On each of Mr Sunak’s priorities, voters were more likely to think Labour would do a better job than the Tories.

Carried out between May 26 and 30, the poll surveyed 2,200 adults about the government’s priorities and their thoughts on the outcome of the next general election.

The public was more likely to prefer options that involved a Labour government than a Conservative one, with 39% saying a Labour majority would be a good outcome and 31% saying the same about a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Only 27% said a Conservative majority would be a good outcome, with 17% backing a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.

Mr Pedley said: ‘When asked about the next general election, the public tend to prefer outcomes resulting in a Labour government.

‘Rishi Sunak will hope his government can make significant progress in his key policy pledges as the year progresses, in order to give the Conservatives a chance to turn their political fortunes around.’

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