Poll shows voters don't trust Sunak and Braverman to deal with migrant boats

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Voters don't trust Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman to address the issue of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats and have little confidence that their flagship policy in Rwanda will work, according to a new poll for The Independent.

Activists have urged the Prime Minister to 'push the reset button' on his plans to deport asylum seekers to the African country for treatment, after research by Savanta ComRes found that many more voters believe the crisis can be solved by providing safe and legal routes to the UK.

And the guru polls Sir John Curtice said the survey showed the extent of the electoral problem facing the Tories as Keir Starmer's Labor proved more trustworthy on what has traditionally been a strong point for the Conservatives curators.

The professor r Curtice said the results – which saw 37 per cent say they trust Labor to handle the problem compared to just 23 per cent for the Tory government – ​​raised questions about the Tories' decision to make deportations a central part of their pitch to voters.

Only 20% said they trusted Ms. Braverman to come up with a satisfactory solution, compared to 61% who did not. And confidence in Mr. Sunak to solve the problem was just 29% - 57% saying they didn't think he could - compared to 34% for Starmer.

Offered a list of proposed solutions to the small boat problem, voters felt that deportation flights to Rwanda and other countries were the least likely to work, with only 37% saying they would be effective, compared to 54% who said they wouldn't.

The scheme was launched by former Home Secretary Priti Patel, who handed over £120million to the African country although no claimants asylum has been sent there. Ms Braverman said it was her "dream" to see planes full of migrants heading for Rwanda and would have sent out to countries like Belize, Paraguay and Peru over similar deals. p>

"The problem with the Tories is that the people who voted for them in 2019 don't trust them to be able to solve the issue of people crossing boats," Professor Curtice told The Independent ."Just a third of these voters - 32 percent - think they can solve the problem, compared to 54% who don't.

"To focus on a problem. ..