More than half of British voters think Liz Truss should resign as prime minister and 80 per cent blame the government for the rising cost of living.

In the poll conducted over the weekend, 53 per cent of people told Ipsos that Ms Truss should quit, and only 20 per cent would oppose her resignation.

In the months before he resigned, Boris Johnson recorded similar figures, ranging between 50 per cent and 59 per cent of people saying he should go over the course of 2022.

The poll surveyed 1,000 British adults between October 14 and 17 and found that just 13 per cent of people believed Ms Truss was likely to win the next election, and less than half of the 30 per cent thought Mr Johnson could win shortly before he resigned.

The figures come as Ms Truss faces her third clash with opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in parliament on Wednesday.

This could be her most challenging encounter with the Labour leader after Jeremy Hunt ripped up her economic policy on Monday.

Adding to the prime minister’s problems, only 14 per cent expect the new chancellor to change the economy for the better.

Some 35 per cent said Jeremy Hunt’s appointment would make no difference, while 27 per cent thought it would change things for the worse.

The only positive note for the Conservatives was that the public was still divided over whether Labour had a good economic plan.

Some 40 per cent said they were confident that the opposition had a good long-term economic plan, while 47 per cent said they were not confident.

However, just 17 per cent said they were confident in the Conservatives’ long-term economic plan compared to 74 per cent who said they were not confident. 

(dpa/NAN)