Poll Archive
Post-Budget Poll - April 2009
Fieldwork: April 22nd 2009
Irrespective of which party you yourself support, which team do you think is better able to manage the economy properly, Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling or David Cameron and George Osborne?
| Brown & Darling | Cameron & Osborne | Brown/Darling net lead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last weekend | 35% | 45% | -10% |
| Last night | 38% | 35% | 3% |
Turning now to the economy, over the course of the next 3-6 months do you expect that things generally will improve or get worse?
| Improve | Get worse | Net 'get worse' | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last weekend | 43% | 52% | -9% |
| Last night | 33% | 64% | -31% |
I am going to read out some measures that were announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in this afternoon's Budget statement. Please say in each case if you think it is a positive measure or a negative measure, or if you think it is a measure that won't have much effect either way, please say so.
| Positive | Negative | No impact | Net positive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% tax on income over £150k | 57% | 22% | 19% | 35% |
| £2000 new car incentive | 47% | 27% | 24% | 20% |
| Increase in the ISA limit | 65% | 11% | 20% | 54% |
| 2% rise in alcohol & tobacco duty | 45% | 29% | 25% | 16% |
| 2% increase in fuel duty | 20% | 68% | 11% | -48% |
| Extension of stamp duty holiday | 58% | 16% | 21% | 42% |
| Guaranteed job, training or work placement for all 18-24s unemployed for 12 months | 69% | 16% | 15% | 53% |
There were a number of measures announced in the Budget, whose combined effect is quite big increases in tax on high income earners. Please say if you agree or disagree with the following statements.
| Agree | Disagree | Net agree | |
|---|---|---|---|
| This is a fair way to manage the burden of repaying debt | 49% | 46% | 3% |
| This marks the end of New Labour | 53% | 38% | 15% |
| This will discourage entrepreneurship & wealth creation and damage the City | 38% | 54% | -16% |
| This will reduce inequality in Britain | 41% | 54% | -13% |
From what you have seen or heard, do you think the measures in today's Budget will be good or bad for you and your family, or will they make no difference? And from what you have seen or heard, do you think the measures in today's Budget will be good or bad for the country as a whole, or will they make no difference?
| Good | Bad | Make no difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the country | 22% | 11% | 60% |
| For me & my family | 8% | 28% | 58% |
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