Labour most trusted to fix the economy

Alex Smith

Darling Brown

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

At the end of last year, David Cameron and George Osborne were “more trusted to steer the economy through the downturn” than Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown, by 33% to 26%.

Now, with Labour’s economic policy of the past two years largely vindicated, those numbers have been virtually reversed: Darling and Brown are now favoured to fix the economy over the Tories, by 33% to 27%.

The poll was conducted by ComRes for the BBC’s Daily Politics show after the chancellor gave his budget speech on Wednesday.

The new numbers fit into a wider trend of Labour’s improving poll results, but also that – as the economy election nears – voters are concerned about placing their trust in the Tories.

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