PM should fire Rachel Reeves, as almost half of UK voters don’t think she's 'up to job'

Sir Keir Starmer should fire Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as almost half of UK voters don’t think she is “up to the job.”

The damning finding came to light in a recent poll of British voters, which saw 43 per cent of people believe that the Chancellor should be booted from the Treasury, with just 19 per cent of voters thinking she should hold on until the Autumn budget.

The research, which was conducted by former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft found that even many Labour voters – more than one in five - were unhappy with the Chancellor’s handling of the country’s finances and urged the PM to show her the door.

Business leaders and economists alike have warned that many firms are being pushed to the brink as they struggle to absorb increased National Insurance payments following the hike back in April, with the costs being passed on to customers in the form of surging prices, reports Mail Online.

Add to this an expected tax hike to try and fill the government’s financial black hole in the upcoming autumn budget and its not looking too promising for many people around the country and across the political divide.

Overall confidence in the government has also shown a shift in mood, with nearly four in ten voters, 39 per cent, believing that Sir Keir Starmer is doing a worse job than his Tory predecessor.

Meanwhile a mere 23 per cent believe he and his government have been an improvement.

Voters also appear to be divided as to whether or not Sir Keir will still be in office next year, with 35 per cent of people believing he will still be at Number 10, while 34 per cent believe he will have been replaced or quit.

Things look even more bleak for leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch, with just 20 per cent of respondents reporting that they think she will still be the Conservative Party leader in a year’s time.

A whopping 59 per cent think Nigel Farage will still be leader of Reform UK.

Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Lord Ashcroft said: "My poll finds a huge majority of voters saying they are pessimistic for the future of the country, including nearly two thirds of those who backed Labour last year.

“Only half of last year's Labour voters think this Government is any better than the last one, and people are as likely as not to think Starmer will be gone by this time next year – an extraordinary position for a PM who walked into No 10 only last July with a majority of 174.”