Economic optimism among renters has been dashed, a new poll revealed Thursday.
An exclusive Ipsos UK poll for The Standard found that only 15 per cent of renters expect general economic conditions in Britain to improve over the next year.
Two-thirds believe that economic problems will worsen, while 17 percent believe they will remain the same.
While most of the focus recently has been on homeowners as mortgage rates rise, with the Bank of England raising interest rates to try to control inflation, many renters, especially in London, have also seen their rents rise, with some reaching hundreds of pounds. Sterling. month, and they are often less wealthy.
Economic optimism was not low among homeowners with a mortgage, with 24 percent expecting general economic conditions to improve over the next 12 months, 49 percent to decline, and 26 percent to remain the same.
For people who already own their homes, the numbers are very similar, with 23% expecting things to get better, 49% expecting things to get worse, and 26% expecting them to stay the same.
For all British adults, 20 per cent expect economic conditions to improve, down from 28 per cent in July, 55 per cent expect them to get worse, unchanged, and 23 per cent say they will remain the same, up from 15 per cent.
Gideon Skinner, head of political research at Ipsos UK, said: “Delivering improvements in the economy will be key to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of turning around the Tories’ fortunes, but after showing some signs of improvement over the summer, economic optimism among the public is low.” Slip again.
“Although pessimism is not as widespread as this time last year, it is still worse than the Ipsos long-term average over the past 45 years. Optimism is particularly rare among women, and those under the age of 55 years, public sector workers, C2DE social classes and renters.
*Ipsos interviewed 1,004 adults in Britain between 6 and 12 September. Data have been weighted.