‘It was just … meh’: the voters who feel ‘tinkering’ budget let them down - short news
Research group More in Common spoke to former ‘blue wall’ constituents unimpressed by ‘chaotic’ U-turns
“It’s all sort of stacked against you … The people that are working hard and earning a decent wage, trying to get childcare costs under control … you sort of question why you’re doing what you’re doing,” was how Hayley, an assistant headteacher in our focus group in Aldershot, described the economy, shortly after the budget was announced.
Hayley’s not..
source: The Guardian - 27.11.2025