Rishi Sunak hits lowest approval rating since stepping down as chancellor

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Rishi Sunak continues to trail Sir Keir Starmer in the polls, as his personal preference rating slips further into negative territory.

The preference rating Prime Minister's net worth has fallen to minus 21, with 47% of people saying they have an unfavorable opinion of him.

The ratings are Mr Sunak's worst since he left the post of Chancellor in July 2022, helping to unseat Boris Johnson, when Ipsos revealed that 50% of people had an unfavorable opinion of him.

The poll found Labor leader Sir Keir's ratings had improved slightly over the month, with 32% saying they have a favorable opinion of him and 39% percent saying they have an unfavorable one.

This comes amid growing Tory gloom over Mr Sunak's chances of winning. fulfill the five promises he made at the beginning of this year. "They're all going in the wrong direction," a government source told the i newspaper.

Tories fear he has no progress to report on his promises to halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce the national debt, reduce NHS waiting lists and 'stop the boats' before next year's general election.

There was more bad news for Mr Sunak when Ipsos asked about the qualities people look for in a prime minister. When it came to the factors people thought were most important to them, Mr. Sunak received extremely negative ratings, while impressions of Sir Keir were more mixed.

Half of the 1,000 people interviewed by Ipsos said they had a negative opinion of Mr. Sunak. policies to deal with the cost of living crisis and his understanding of the issues facing people in Britain.

Some 42% said they had a negative view of his competence, 43% had a negative opinion he kept his promises and 45% have a negative opinion of his policy of improving public services.

The Sir Keir's ratings have improved over the past month

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For Sir Keir, the public was also divided over his policy to deal with...