Tax and Public Services

Q If the Tories were to win the next General Election, do you think the overall level of taxation would be ...? Q If the Tories were to win the next General Election, do you think that public services would ...?

Topline Results

  • Ipsos interviewed a representative quota sample of 974 adults in Great Britain aged 18+.
  • Interviews were conducted by telephone between 12-15 April 2007.
  • Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.
  • Full data tabulations (weighted and unweighted) are available upon request.

Q1 If the Tories were to win the next General Election, do you think the overall level of taxation would be ...?

  Jan 2001 April 2007
  % %
Higher 35 21
Lower 15 10
About the same 43 54
Don't know 7 14

Q2 If the Tories were to win the next General Election, do you think that public services would ...?

  Jan 2001 April 2007
  % %
Improve 16 22
Get worse 32 22
Stay the same 45 48
Don't know 7 9

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