Seven in ten voters think immigration has been too high over last decade and Labour is mismanaging UK economy
SEVEN in ten voters now think immigration has been too high over the past decade — and that Labour is currently mismanaging the economy.
PM Sir Keir Starmer arrives back from his family holiday today confronted with fresh fury over border controls and fallout from the Budget.
YouGov said that public attitudes on immigration have hit a record negative since is launched its regular tracker in 2019.
Seventy per cent now believe the numbers have been too high, 50 per cent of whom say it has been “much too high”.
It has shot up from just 53 per cent five years ago who believed immigration was too high.
Moreover voters are increasingly likely to say immigration is bad for the country, with 43 per cent expressing that view compared to 18 per cent who say it is mostly good.
Net migration last year under the Tories hit a record 906,000, in what Sir Keir has described as an “open borders experiment”.
The PM has promised an action plan in the new year to bring the numbers down to sustainable levels.
Labour is also coming under pressure on the economy.
Just 23 per cent trust them to manage it, while Kemi Badenoch’s Tories are on 24 per cent.
Last night the PM was hit by the mass resignation of 20 Nottinghamshire Labour councillors in protest at the party’s direction.
They cited the decision to take away universal winter fuel payments from pensioners, as well as abandoning “traditional” Labour values.