BBC Daily Politics Economy Poll

Poll on the the political fallout from the economic downturn conducted for BBC's The Daily Politics, 30 January 2009

Date Published: 30 Jan 2009

Categories: Economy | Politics | Public and communities | UK

ComRes polled British adults on the following issues:

1. Which political team is most trusted to steer the economy through the downturn

2. The extent to which Gordon Brown is blamed for the economic crisis

3. Whether people expect their personal financial circumstances to improve, stay the same or get worse over the next 12 months

4. Attitudes towards increased government borrowing to fund tax cuts and public spending increases.

Methodology: ComRes telephoned 1004 British adults on 28-29 January 2009. Data were weighted to be representative demographically of all adults.