Starmer’s approval rating drops after a week of riots and confusion over holiday plans

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to an Opinium poll published over the weekend, the prime minister’s net approval rating has falled by 16 points with the UK gripped by riots and civil unrest with far-right thugs attacking the police, mosques and shops in towns and cities across the UK. Starmer’s approval rating is down 16 points since becoming prime minister According to the survey, 35 per cent approve of Sir Keir as prime minister compared to 32 per cent disapprove giving him a net rating of +3 per cent. Speaking later on Today, Labour’s home secretary Yvette Cooper insisted that action had been taken speedily even though courts are yet to process the scores of cases of people arrested at the far-right rallies. She said: “Most of the problems only happened over the weekend.” The Opinium survey also had bad news for chancellor Rachel Reeves whose net approval rating has also dropped after she announced she was cutting winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners among other cuts including ending a building program for new hospitals after she said she had discovered a £22 billion black hole in the nation’s finances.