Third of voters back Labour plans to slow pace of spending cuts

A survey has found that a quarter of voters want an increase in public spending, while two-thirds think that the next government should continue with ‘some form of spending’ cuts.

ComRes, on behalf of PLMR, have conducted a survey examining how the public want the next government to deal with public spending and the deficit.

They found that 10% want government to increase public spending and 14% want cuts to be stopped altogether and public spending to be kept at the 2014/15 levels.

On the other side of the fence, two-thirds (61%) thought that the next government should carry on with some kind of spending cuts. However, among these, there was disagreement about the speed with which cuts should be pursued.  30% wanted the cuts to be slowed down – regardless of the effect this would have on the speed with which the deficit would be cut.

Meanwhile, a smaller proportion – 24% and 7% respectively – agreed with the current programme or wanted cuts to be implemented at a faster pace.