UK poll shows cost-of-living is forcing people to cancel Netflix

The UK is now a nation of stay-at-homes: as Mail on Sunday’s poll reveals cost-of-living crisis is forcing people to cancel Netflix and cutback on takeaways

• The poll found that  four out of ten people bought fewer clothes and takeaways
• Fifteen per cent say they currently cannot pay bills amid the cost-of-living crisis

Voters are cancelling TV subscriptions such as Netflix and cutting back on takeaways as their main weapons in the cost-of-living crisis, a Mail on Sunday ‘state of the nation’ poll has found.

The exclusive Deltapoll survey found that four out of ten people have bought fewer clothes and takeaways, while one in three go on fewer nights out. But for 23 per cent, staying in has also become less enjoyable, as they have cancelled ‘non-essential outgoings’ such as TV subscriptions.

Households have a negative view of their economic prospects over the coming year, with 48 per cent thinking they will worsen. Worryingly, 15 per cent say they cannot pay their bills and another 36 per cent will not be able to pay them within months. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be concerned by the finding that, despite the Tories’ traditional lead on economic matters, 47 per cent think Labour, under Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, is the party best equipped to deal with cost-of-living issues, compared with 29 per cent for the Conservatives.

Voters are cancelling TV subscriptions such as Netflix and cutting back on takeaways as their main weapons in the cost-of-living crisis, a poll has found (file image)

On the strikes, voters are split between blaming the Government and unions – 35 per cent to 33 per cent. For individual professions, 60 per cent support the nurses, but a majority oppose the teachers’ and train drivers’ strikes.

UK voters also disagree with the SNP’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill, with 76 per cent saying people should have to wait until a certain age to change their gender – most popularly 18. Some 58 per cent think people should have a medical diagnosis before changing gender.

Voters are cancelling TV subscriptions such as Netflix and cutting back on takeaways as their main weapons in the cost-of-living crisis, a poll has found (file image)

The exclusive Deltapoll survey found that four out of ten people have bought fewer clothes and takeaways, while one in three go on fewer nights out amid the crisis

On immigration, although 47 per cent support the Government’s plan to deter migrants by flying them to Rwanda, more people think Labour would best deal with the small-boats crisis (37 per cent to 28).

Boris Johnson receives an electoral shrug of the shoulders over his planned memoirs, with only 22 per cent interested in reading them. Just 23 per cent think he will tell the truth in the book.

The poll also revealed that despite the Tories’ traditional lead on economic matters, 47 per cent think Labour, under Sir Keir Starmer is the party best equipped to deal with cost-of-living issues

When asked about the royals, there is little sympathy for Prince Harry, his wife or his uncle Prince Andrew attending King Charles’s coronation

When asked about the royals, there is little sympathy for Prince Harry, his wife or his uncle Prince Andrew attending King Charles’s coronation. Nor do people want to read a follow-up to his memoir, Spare – just 21 per cent are interested. More than 50 per cent say that he and his children should be stripped of their royal titles.

In addition, the custom of calling King Charles’s wife Camilla ‘Queen’ is backed by only 15 per cent – half prefer ‘Queen Consort’.

Despite the glum economic overview, 56 per cent still say they are in a ‘good mood’ most of the time.

Joe Twyman, co-founder of Deltapoll, said: ‘It has never been the case in the history of British politics that a party has won a general election while behind on leadership ratings and on economic management. The Conservatives are currently behind on both – and the gap shows no sign of significantly diminishing any time soon.’

Most Britons want the eight soldiers who were pallbearers at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral to be awarded medals. Fifty-five per cent of those polled believe the men from the Queen’s Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, should be given an honour as a reward from a grateful nation. General Lord Richard Dannatt, former head of the Army, has suggested they are awarded the Royal Victorian Order, which is given ‘for personal service to the sovereign.’ 

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