Rishi Sunak's popularity falls to record low among Tory members

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Rishi Sunak's popularity among grassroots Tories has reached an all-time high as a major study found he now fares worse than Liz Truss with of the wider electorate.

The prime minister is by far the least popular member of his cabinet, with an approval rating of -25.4, according to the Conservative Party.

It marks a dramatic fall from grace for Mr Sunak, who was expected to turn the party's fortunes around after Ms Truss's tenure. And it comes after a disastrous month for the prime minister, in which his flagship Rwanda asylum policy was rejected by the Supreme Court and he faced a growing backlash over record migration.

An in-depth study by JL Partners found Mr Sunak presided over a “year of decline” leading to an “implosion” of the Tory vote, leaving Labor on course to win the next election < /p>

Only 59% of voters who supported the Conservatives in 2019 under Boris Johnson remain loyal to the party under Sunak, according to the report, seen by Bloomberg. This is down from 74 per cent last August and 63 per cent following Ms Truss's disastrous 'mini-budget' in September 2022.

The poll finds Reform UK by Nigel Farage is doing the most damage to Mr Sunak's party. , with one in six Conservative voters in 2019 switching to the right-wing party. It will set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street and comes as the Conservative Party inquiry revealed support for Mr Sunak is falling among Tory members.

A separate survey by the Conservative Party, seen as a bible for the Tory base, described Mr Sunak's latest rating as "disastrous" and said every bit of good news for Mr Sunak had summer