As we enter the critical autumn period, it looks like the coalition is beginning to lose the political argument over cuts. A new Populus poll in today’s Times (£) shows that 74 per cent of voters reject the speed and scale of the government’s deficit reduction strategy. Just 22 per cent support George Osborne’s decision to eliminate the deficit in one Parliament, with 37 per cent preferring Labour’s original plan to halve the deficit by 2014 and the same number arguing that “protecting the vulnerable and keeping unemployment low” is a bigger priority than reducing the deficit.
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