Rachel Reeves is deeply unpopular with the public just 10 days before her Budget, according to a new poll.

Rachel Reeves is the UK’s most unpopular chancellor in recorded history, according to a new poll.

The MP for Leeds West and Pudsey became the first woman to hold the job – which has been around for more than 800 years – when Labour won on a landslide in July 2024.

However, an Ipsos poll for The Telegraph found almost three quarters (71%) of the British public are dissatisfied with her performance – just 10 days before she is set to unveil her second Budget.

Senior director of UK politics at Ipsos, Gideon Skinner, said: “On top of continued record unhappiness with Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves’ satisfaction ratings have also hit a record low this month, the worst for any chancellor since we started monitoring in 1976.

“This comes in the context of persistent economic anxiety, with more people today struggling to cope than we were seeing in 2022 when the cost of living crisis first started to........

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