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What do Britons make of the 2026 Budget?
Fair: 45%
Unfair: 20%
Affordable: 31%
Unaffordable: 32%
Will leave country...
Better off: 18%
Worse off: 20%
No difference: 49%
Will leave self and family...
Better off: 15%
Worse off: 20%
No difference: 56%
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What do Britons think of 2026 Budget policies?
Abolish gas standing charge: 84% right thing to do
Delaying fuel duty increase: 83%
Extending electricity VAT cut: 83%
Remove grocery tariffs: 78%
Increase threshold of biz rate relief: 75%
Increase minimum wage: 68%
Household energy payment: 68%
Paternity leave for self-employed: 68%
Tax relief for entrepreneurs: 68%
Temp tax on banks: 55%
Devolve biz rates: 38%
Increase tax on interest: 31%
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Despite the 2026 Budget being relatively well received, the public remain pessimistic about the state of the economy
State of economy
Good state: 5%
Neither: 18%
Bad state: 74%
Economy over next year...
Get better: 13%
Stay about the same: 20%
Get worse: 59%
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i Paper’s Ian Birrell has criticised the “disgraceful double standard” of sending jets to aid Saudi Arabia against missiles but not Ukraine. Britons tend to say we shd participate in air defence in Ukraine, but not Saudi Arabia
Ukraine: 42% should/30% should not
Saudi: 25% / 36%
See full results on public belief that we UK armed forces should or should not participate in shooting down missiles and drones targeted at Ukraine/Saudi Arabia here:
Ukraine: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…
Saudi Arabia: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…
Would you support or oppose raising the maximum age at which former members of the armed forces can be recalled to duty for non‑combat roles from 55 to 65?
Support: 23%
Oppose: 53%
See full results for whether Britons support raising the maximum age at which former members of the armed forces can be recalled to duty for non‑combat roles from 55 to 65 here: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…
See full results for whether or not Britons have turned the heating on yet here: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…
64% of Britons believe the UK should continue to have a monarchy
Should continue to have a monarchy: 64% (no change from 21-22 July)
Should have an elected head of state: 25% (+2)
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Younger Britons are significantly less positive about the monarchy than older generations, though still tend to believe the UK should keep it
Net support for continuing monarchy
18-24: +13
25-49: +24
50-64: +48
65+: +67
Net pride in monarchy
18-24: +5
25-49: +11
50-64: +33
65+: +52
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See full results for how easily Britons think they could stockpile ~20l of emergency supplies per member of their household here: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…
GB News journalist Tom Harwood yesterday tweeted to complain US name forms often don’t acknowledge people with more than one middle name, a trait he described as “stupefyingly normal in Britain” - so how common is it?
Have no middle names: 21%
One: 70%
Two: 8%
Three or more: 1%
See full results on how many middle names Britons have: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…