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Belief that Reform UK and the Greens are 'main parties' in Britain today has fallen back in recent months, with Labour and the Conservatives now the only parties seen as such by a majority of Britons Labour: 90% (+8 from 20-21 May) Conservatives: 86% (+8) Reform UK: 44% (-17) Lib Dems: 34% (-4) Greens: 16% (-8)
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Full results on who are seen as main parties, as well attitudes to coalitions, available here: yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55…
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Support for potential Labour-led coalitions in the event of a future hung parliament has risen since the start of the year Lab, with LDs: 42% support (+11 since Dec 2025) Lab, with Grn: 38% (+5) Con, with LDs: 26% (+2) Con, with Ref: 25% (=) Lab, with Con: 25% (+9) Ref, with Con: 24% (-5) Con, with Lab: 22% (+4) Ref, with Lab: 16% (-1) Lab, with Ref: 10% (+3)
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While most Britons are open to at least one potential coalition government, the public still tend to prefer single party governments to coalitions Single-party government: 53% (+4 from Dec 2025) Coalition of two or more parties: 25% (-2)
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Full results on support for potential coalition governments available here: yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55…
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Britons are now split 3 ways on tax and spend, with desire for tax and spending cuts increasing since last year Increase taxes, spend more on services: 26% (-4 from Jun 2025) Keep at current levels: 27% (-6) Decrease taxes, spend less on services: 26% (+9)
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Of 8 public spending areas polled, welfare has been the only area attitudes have shifted since mid-2025, with greater appetite for reducing spending Increase budget: 11% (-7) Keep same: 28% (-5) Cut budget: 54% (+13) yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55…
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2024 voters from all main parties are now more likely to want to see the welfare budget cut than in mid-2025 Con: 81% (+25) Reform: 74% (+17) Lib Dem: 53% (+10) Lab: 45% (+14) Green: 31% (+17) yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55…
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With the government approving gas extraction at the Jackdaw gas field, our survey in May found that 46% of Britons thought the UK should allow new North Sea oil/gas developments, with 33% opposed
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38% of Britons say they've been closely following news coverage of the recent protests in France Very closely: 6% Fairly closely: 32% Not very closely: 32% Aware of the story, but not following it: 23% Not aware of the story: 9%
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68% of Britons say they have little to no trust in the ability of specialised AI medical tools to give them an accurate diagnosis A great deal / fair amount: 26% Not very much / not at all: 68%
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After Andy Burnham agreed with a LadBible podcast that Gen Z have it harder than Baby Boomers did, do the British public agree? Gen Z have it harder: 36% Boomers had it harder: 25% Both have had it equally hard: 24%
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Do Gen Z have it harder than Boomers did? 18-24 year olds Gen Z have it harder: 53% Boomers had it harder: 7% Both have had it equally hard: 17% 65+ year olds Gen Z have it harder: 27% Boomers had it harder: 29% Both have had it equally hard: 32%
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