Ben Roff

Andy Burnham is the only politician across the political spectrum to consistently hold a positive net favourability rating, and our research suggests he is better placed than his leadership rivals to win over progressive voters from the Greens and Lib Dems The Greater Manchester Mayor also has a strong personal brand in the north west, where local election results announced so far have been grim for his party Labour cannot afford to ignore him, writes @Ipsos_in_the_UK's Ben Roff politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

NEW: @Ipsos_in_the_UK polling on Andy Burnham Who should lead Labour if Starmer resigns? 17% of public say Burnham – more than triple his nearest rival, Rayner (5%) Unfavourability? 24% unfavourable towards Burnham, compared to Rayner (49%), Miliband (47%), Cooper (40%), Streeting (39%) This is not due to lack of name recognition – Brits with an opinion of Burnham (56%) comparable to Streeting (56%) and Cooper (54%) & just below Miliband (64%) and Rayner (67%) More here 👇 politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

NEW Welsh Senedd voting intention from Ipsos🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📊Plaid Cyrmu lead with 30% 📊Reform UK comes in second at 25% 📊Welsh Labour trails both Plaid and Reform UK on 15% But half (51%) of voters say they may still change their minds.

Excl: Half of Londoners are considering voting for Zack Polanski's Green Party in the upcoming local elections according to new polling by @Ipsos, shared with the @NewStatesman

NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos 📊Reform UK +6 point lead over Labour – down from +7 in March, +8 in Jan 2026 and +15 in Nov 2025 📊Lib Dems are up +5 since March 📊Labour and Conservatives are now both on 19% - a drop for Labour from March (-2) and an increase for the Conservatives (+2)

March leaderboard📊   We asked the public 'to what extent, if at all, do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of the following politicians and political parties?’. Andy Burnham now tops the list with 31% favourable (24% unfavourable, net +7).   Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski follow Burnham – but both have seen a slight drop in their favourability ratings since Feb.   3 in 5 (59%) have an unfavourable opinion of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Voting intention by age group 18-24 🟢Greens lead Labour by 11 35-54 🔵Reform lead the Greens by 3 55+ 🔵Reform lead the Conservatives by 15

Brits not confident that any party has a good long-term economic plan for Britain

Half of Britons (52%) think Keir Starmer should stand down as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party - and if Starmer was no longer leader of the Labour party, Andy Burnham would be the public's choice for leader. ipsos.com/en-uk/52-brito…

Brits are concerned about the high levels of debt students end up with as a result of going to uni. Other concerns include: 💷People from poorer backgrounds being put off from going to uni because of the cost (73%) 💷The cost of student loan repayments preventing graduates from being able to achieve key life milestones (68%) – this rises to 81% amongst people currently repaying a student loan.

Majority of Brits (54%) think students in England shouldn’t be charged any interest rate on their student loans, +13 since May ‘23. 💳15% think they should be charged an interest rate lower than the rate of inflation 💳15% think they should be charged an interest rate the same as the rate of inflation 💳 2% think they should be charged an interest rate higher than the rate of inflation bit.ly/3OYivqC

82% of Brits say they have an unfavourable opinion of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in our latest polling (13-16 Feb) up 5pp since Nov

Dateable, loveable, electable. Happy Valentine's Day. join.greenparty.org.uk

5 - Since the EFL rebrand of 2004-05, Leyton Orient have won more league games than any other side on Valentine's Day across the Championship, League One and League Two combined (5). Heart. #OptaOnEFL

The Green Party. Good for your dating life too. 💘 Join.greenparty.org.uk

IT’S TIME! to hit play on your favourite (and least favourite) Christmas songs! 🎄🎵 We asked Brits which holiday tunes they feel are most overplayed at Christmas - and one of the most popular songs comes out on top. 💔Mariah Carey’s ‘94 hit comes out on top (36%), despite 8% saying they would like to hear it played more often.

The Government’s nationalised railway service branding is unveiled today - but how popular was this policy with the public? Prior to the GE2024, we asked the public if they supported or opposed the move to nationalisation. ⚫54% of Britons supported the policy, rising to 78% among Labour voters. ⚫Support dropped among Conservative voters, to 44%.

Some grim polling here for Labour from @Ipsos_in_the_UK beyond the headline figures -69% think Britain is heading in the wrong direction -Starmer's satisfaction rating at -66 -50% of the public want "radical change" yet only 4% believe Labour will deliver it.

We asked the public which political party has the best policies on a range of issues🧵

NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos 📊Highest vote share Ipsos has ever recorded for the Green Party 📊Labour drops to 18%, equal to their previous lowest vote share recorded by Ipsos (in May 2009) 📊Reform UK drop 1 point since September, but Labour’s 4 point slide means Reform’s lead has extended to +15