Red C Poll

Richard Colwell: Cost of living response is vital if government is to regain support

The coalition parties must present real solutions to the cost of living crisis, or a large proportion of the two-thirds of voters surveyed who now say they are struggling financially are likely to vote Sinn Féin

More than two-thirds (70 per cent) of all voters now suggest they are struggling to make ends meet. Picture: Fergal Phillips

The importance of the rising cost of living to voters, and how it is dealt with by the government, is laid bare in today's poll. Over two thirds (70 per cent) of all voters now suggest they are struggling to make ends meet. This is before we move into winter with the associated higher impact of increased energy costs, and before increased interest rates have delivered further hikes in repayments for those on variable mortgage ...