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Majorities of Britons say Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves should resign as the country braces for a tax-raising Budget this month. Fifty-six per cent want the Prime Minister to go and 57% say the Chancellor should quit, according to hard-hitting polling from Opinium.

Six in 10 (61%) believe it would be wrong decision for Ms Reeves to break Labour’s manifesto pledge and raise income tax, VAT, or national insurance on this basis. Only 19% would support this.

Sir Keir and Ms Reeves are not trusted on economic and financial matters, with ratings of -41% and -48%, respectively. Nearly six out of 10 (58%) people expect Labour’s decisions on tax and spending will be unfair with a colossal 77% anticipating a hike in taxes.

Just 26% of Britons want the PM to stay in post. Among people who voted Labour last year, one in three want him to leave Downing Street, with just 52% wanting him to stick on.

Fewer than one in five (195%) want Ms Reeves to remain in post. Only 42% of Labour voters backed her remaining and 38% wanted her to resign.

The polling will bring little cheer to the Conservatives. Only 34% of the public want her to stay as Tory leader; 28% want her to go but the largest share (38%) have no opinion.

Mrs Badenoch also has to overcome a lack of trust on the economy and finances with a rating of (-19%), as does Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride (-18%).

However, the polling makes grim reading for the residents of Downing Street. A mere 22% of people believe Keir Starmer and Labour were open and honest about the challenges facing the UK before last year’s election; six in ten (61%) who say they were not.

Half (50%) of respondents suspect Ms Reeves intended to raise taxes from the start. Opinium reports that just one in five “think the decision reflects worsening economic circumstances since the election”.

When it comes to who would be the best prime minister, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has a lead of +3% over Sir Keir. Reform is also the most popular party (33%), ahead of Labour (20%), the Conservatives (17%), the Liberal Democrats (12%) and the Greens (11%).

The polling is based on a “nationally and politically representative sample of 2,050 UK adults aged 18” who shared their views between November 5 and 7.