# Poll finds voters now favour tax cuts over public services before Budget

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/voters-want-ministers-to-cut-taxes-over-public-spending-poll-finds/
- Published: 2026-10-26T17:17:50+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T17:32:52+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16240181/Voters-want-ministers-cut-taxes-public-spending.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Voters now favour tax cuts over public service investment.
- Council tax was the most popular personal tax to cut.
- Polling found support for defence spending, but not tax rises to fund it.

## Summary

A More in Common poll found that voters now favour tax cuts over investment in public services, a reversal of opinion since September 2024. The change comes ahead of the Budget and may put pressure on ministers to respond to household costs while funding public services and defence.

Overall, 49 per cent said tax cuts should be prioritised, compared with 36 per cent for public services; two years earlier, the figures were 30 and 54 per cent respectively. Among voters who said they were just about managing, support for tax cuts rose from 31 to 53 per cent. Council tax was the most commonly named personal tax to cut, while the poll also found increased support for defence spending, but opposition to breaking tax pledges to fund it.

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