Rachel reeves as unpopular as 'lettuce' liz chancellor during mini-budget chaos

A NEW POLLS SAYS THAT THE CHANCELLOR INSPIRES AS LITTLE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AS “LETTUCE” LIZ TRUSS’S CHANCELLOR DID DURING THE FISCAL CRISIS DAVID O'DORNAN and JAMES CAVEN 20:22, 01 Jun

2025 Rachel “Lettuce 2.0” Reeves is now as unpopular as Kwasi Kwarteng was during the height of the mini-Budget blow-up. New polling shows that the Chancellor inspires as little public

confidence as “Lettuce” Liz Truss’s chancellor did during the fiscal crisis. Just over half of voters (51%) think Ms Reeves is doing a “bad job” at the Treasury whereas just 16% think she is

doing a “good job”. The Ipsos poll shows a similar outcome to one they carried out in September 2022 in the aftermath of the mini-Budget. Back then 53% of the public felt Mr Kwarteng was

doing a “bad job”. His sweeping tax cuts of £45 billion caused chaos in the financial market after he announced them in the Commons. He then lasted just two more weeks in the job before

Lettuce Liz sacked him in a desperate bid to save her leadership. Article continues below But her disastrous reign as Prime Minister soon came to an end after - quitting Downing Street after

just 49 days. It made her Britain’s shortest-serving PM. Ms Reeves’ stint as Chancellor has seen her face criticism since taking office last July. She raised employer National Insurance

contributions despite a manifesto pledge that they wouldn’t go up under Labour. There was also an outcry of her decision to remove the winter fuel payment from millions of pensioners. It

caused so much upset the Government is now set to reverse the decision in the coming months. Article continues below But despite Ms Reeves’s poor personal ratings, the Ipsos poll also showed

Labour still remains the most trusted party on economic affairs. A fifth of voters now say that Labour is the party they trust most to manage the nation’s finances ahead of Reform (17%) and

The Tories (16%).