Blow for Jeremy Corbyn as just 13% of voters believe he can deliver four-day working week pledge – and most oppose his plans to nationalise broadband
- Four-day working week is one of Labour Party’s key general election policies
- Labour would try to make it happen over the course of a decade in power
- But voters deeply sceptical about whether Jeremy Corbyn could actually do it
Jeremy Corbyn has suffered a fresh blow to his hopes of becoming the next prime minister after a poll found voters are deeply sceptical he would be able deliver on his headline promises.
Labour has already set out numerous expensive and eye-catching policies as it tries to win over the nation before people go to the ballot box on December 12.
But many people seemingly do not believe Mr Corbyn could deliver on what he has committed to.
For example, one of the party’s main policy offerings is to move to a four-day working week within a decade of being in power.
The Tories have ridiculed the plan and highlighted the potentially major implications such a policy would have on the public sector finances.
Now a survey published in The Times has found just 13 per cent of people believe a four-day working week would actually be achieved under Labour.
Jeremy Corbyn, pictured taking part in a TV debate on November 19, has made introducing a four-day working week one of his main election policies
The survey of more than 2,000 people was conducted by JL Partners, a company run by James Johnson who was Theresa May’s pollster when she was in Number 10.
The data also revealed that voters do not believe Labour’s tough talk on tackling climate change.
The party has signalled it will work towards net zero carbon emissions by 2030 but just 15 per cent of people believe Labour would actually make that happen.
In a sign of just how much distrust there is in UK politics, only half of respondents said they believed the party would deliver the second Brexit referendum that Mr Corbyn has put at the heart of his policy offer.
Meanwhile, a separate YouGov poll for The Times found that Mr Corbyn’s plans to nationalise broadband were opposed by 41 per cent of people with 29 per cent in favour.
The fieldwork for the poll was conducted on Monday and Tuesday this week and it also found that among would-be Labour voters, just 53 per cent were supportive of the idea.
However, in a boost for Mr Corbyn his other nationalisation plans were largely supported by voters.
For example, nationalising water companies was backed by 47 per cent to 27 per cent, bringing the railways back into state ownership was backed by 50 per cent to 28 per cent and nationalising Royal Mail was supported by 45 per cent to 30 per cent.