Boris Johnson polls: Do voters trust the PM? Staggering results from latest opinion polls

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Boris Johnson’s reputation has taken a battering in recent weeks as “partygate” continues to rumble on. Sue Gray’s report into the gatherings at Downing Street found that “some of the events should not have been allowed to take place.” While the PM is keen to boost his popularity by taking a tough stance against President Putin’s actions in Ukraine and in committing to levelling up the country, will this be enough to win back voters? Here are polls of the latest voting intentions.

Sue Gray’s recent report into the “partygate” scandals has done little to calm the waters at Westminster.

Although Sue Gray said in her report: “I am extremely limited in what I can say about those events and it is not possible at present to provide a meaningful report setting out and analysing the extensive factual information I have been able to gather.”

She added: “Some of the behaviour surrounding these gatherings is difficult to justify… some of the events should not have been allowed to take place.”

Labour’s leader, Sir Keir Starmer has taken full advantage of the scandals by condemning the PM’s actions and has called upon Tory MPs to ditch him as their leader.

Despite Boris Johnson’s claiming “I get it and I will fix it”, trust in the PM seems to have hit rock bottom.

Does the Prime Minister still have the support of voters? Express.co.uk takes a look at the latest opinion polls.

A snap poll conducted by YouGov on January 31, after the publication of Ms Gray’s report has found that of those surveyed a staggering 63 percent think Mr Johnson should resign.

Just 23 percent said they thought he should remain in office.

This shows that the publication of Sue Gray’s report and Mr Johnson’s subsequent attempts at apologising has pushed even more voters to oppose the PM.

On January 11, just 56 percent thought he should step down in comparison to the latest figures this is a huge jump in just 20 days.

But among Conservative voters, Boris Johnson continues to carry favour.

In the latest polls just over half (51 percent) of Tory voters thought Mr Johnson should remain in his post, but nearly two in five (38 percent) believed he should resign.

Mr Johnson has been condemned for allowing a “drinking culture” to emerge in Downing Street.

In response, the PM has announced that the leadership inside Downing Street will be overhauled and a new “Office of the Prime Minister” will oversee operations there.

However, Britons seem divided over whose job it is to police the workplace culture of Downing Street.

While 38 percent believe the PM is most responsible for this others disagree.

Some 13 percent said the PM’s advisers should be responsible and 39 percent thought that the burden should be shared between the PM and his advisers.

Regardless as to who should shoulder the responsibility, the majority of those surveyed feel that substantial changes to the way Downing Street and the Cabinet Office is run won’t take place.

A staggering 69 percent responded by saying they have little to no confidence that substantial changes will be made – including 42 percent who have “none at all”.

Just 17 percent said they have some confidence that changes will be made.

While a measly five percent had a “great deal of confidence” that changes will be made.

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