Keir Starmer's 'honeymoon' with Brits: New PM sees lacklustre popularity rating surge by 14 points after election win puts him in No10 - but there is no sympathy for beaten Rishi Sunak
Sir Keir Starmer is experiencing 'something of a honeymoon period' with the public, seeing a surge in popularity sinc ehe entered No10.
Voters' impressions of the new Prime Minister have improved since July 4, a poll survey by Ipsos found.
Some 40 per cent saying they had a favourable view of Sir Keir, six points higher than in the last week of the campaign, while the number saying they had an unfavourable view of Sir Keir has fallen from 41 per cent to 33 per cent.
He has a net favourability on +7, compared to -13 before the election campaign began.
The poll, carried out immediately after the election on July 5 and 6, is the first time Ipsos has given Sir Keir a net positive approval rating since the brief Liz Truss premiership in October 2022.
But there appears to be little post-election sympathy for former PM Rishi Sunak. His popularity with the public has changed little since he led the Tories to a major defeat.
Voters' impressions of the new Prime Minister have improved since July 4, a poll survey by Ipsos found.
It also ranks Sir Keir as the most popular of the major politicians about whom Ipsos asked voters, ahead of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, with a 33 per cent favourable rating, and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, who both enjoy a 29 per cent favourable rating.
Ipsos director of politics Keiran Pedley said: 'These findings suggest something of a honeymoon period for Keir Starmer, with more Britons favourable towards him than before the general election and Britons more likely to expect his Government to change things for the better than worse.'
But he said that the Labour voters who put Sir Keir in Downing Street had 'clear expectations of what they want to see delivered', including more money for public services and improvements to the NHS.
About four in five Labour voters thought it was likely the new Government would improve the NHS in the next year, while about three-quarters expected more spending on public services.
Among people in general, 55 per cent expected Labour to increase spending on public services in the next year, while 57 per cent expected the party to improve the NHS.
Mr Pedley said: 'Therefore, there is no time to spare for the incoming Government when it comes to delivering on the public's key priorities.'
