Liz Truss is more trusted than Rishi Sunak to deal with cost of living crisis, poll finds
LIZ Truss is the No10 candidate most trusted to tackle the cost of living crisis, a poll has found.
She is backed by 30 per cent of voters to fix the squeeze compared to 27 per cent for Rishi Sunak.
The Foreign Secretary also picked up the most votes from those who backed Tories in 2019, scoring 39 per cent — six points ahead of the ex-Chancellor.
They think she will cut taxes most, Wednesday’s Redfield and Wilton survey found.
And 56 per cent support her plan to reverse the National Insurance hike.
The poll, which quizzed 1500 voters on Wednesday following the BBC and TalkTV debate, revealed 66 per cent valued policies over personality when considering their preferred PM.
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For those Conservative voters from 2019, 46 per cent back Liz Truss with 44 per cent backing Mr Sunak.
Of all voters, 31 per cent back Sunak, 28 per cent Keir Starmer and 27 per cent would back Ms Truss.
Redfield and Wilton’s Philip van Scheltinga said: “The verdict is in on Rishi Sunak’s record on dealing with the Cost of Living Crisis in government; nearly half of the public say he’s done a bad job.
“Liz Truss is offering a new economic path forward for the country, and disillusioned voters are naturally going to take to that.”
