Going down! How the government's approval rating has plunged since budget day

An excellent chart from Sunny Hundal over at Liberal Conspiracy today, showing how the government’s approval rating has slumped since budget day:

(source: YouGov tracker)

Tags: Coalition / Polling / Government / Approval /

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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