The latest polling from Ipsos-Mori will raise a few eyebrows in Westminster – especially in the Treasury – after it reveals that the vast majority of the population (59%) back benefits rising with inflation – with 10% even backing benefits rising beyond inflation.
By contrast, only 11% think that benefits should not rise at all and just 16% agree with the Chancellor that they should rise by less than inflation. Let’s see that as a chart:
This may leave Osborne in a more difficult position than he imagined if he wants to paint Labour as being in the minority on benefits…
More from LabourList
‘Here’s how Labour can cut costs for low-income families – within its fiscal rules’
Jack McConnell: ‘How Scottish Labour can rise above SNP leadership chaos’
John Curtice warns Labour’s pre-election caution could be its ‘undoing’ in power