Help is welcome, but is it enough? Budget day in people’s own words
On Budget day, Survation asked 706 people for 38 Degrees for their reactions to John Healey’s Budget, in their own words.
Energy dominated: 555 of 706 raised energy bills, the £100 payment or the standing charge, and the £100 payment was the measure most named as helping (272 of 706). 418 of 706 backed the tax on bank profits to fund it.
But for many it wasn’t enough to change things: 483 of 706 said the Government isn’t moving fast enough on prices, and 129 of 706 said nothing announced would help them.
Read the full story by @CharlSurvation here:
survation.com/help-is-welcom…
Qualitative panel, not nationally representative
On Budget day, Survation asked 706 people for 38 Degrees for their reactions to John Healey’s Budget, in their own words.
Energy dominated: 555 of 706 raised energy bills, the £100 payment or the standing charge, and the £100 payment was the measure most named as helping (272 of 706). 418 of 706 backed the tax on bank profits to fund it.
But for many it wasn’t enough to change things: 483 of 706 said the Government isn’t moving fast enough on prices, and 129 of 706 said nothing announced would help them.
Read the full story by @CharlSurvation here:
survation.com/help-is-welcom…
Qualitative panel, not nationally representative
www.survation.com Help is welcome, but is it enough? Budget day in people’s own words | Survation “Improvement on Starmer/Reeves, but not a big one.” (Male, 64, voted Labour in 2024, currently undecided). On Budget day, Wednesday 28 October 2026, Survation asked... 
