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\t\tTony Blair’s growth policies are backed by most Britons.\t<\/p>\n\t\t\tMonday 01 June 2026 11:36 am\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tTony Blair’s growth policies are backed by most Britons.\t<\/p>\n
Most Britons back Tony Blair\u2019s demands to prioritise cheaper energy over net zero and support the private sector to boost growth, yet are squeamish over slashing disability payments and reforming the triple lock pension, polling has shown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following up on Tony Blair\u2019s rallying call<\/a> for potential Labour leadership contenders to focus on growth, City AM\/Freshwater Strategy polling has shown that more Brits back measures to support growth even if it led to other manifesto commitments being abandoned \u2013 although the margin of support is narrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n Research found that around 47 per cent of voters believed the government should prioritise economic growth even if it meant that commitments on workers\u2019 rights, equalising minimum wages across all age groups and hitting net zero targets were abandoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some 45 per cent of voters said the government should commit to its manifesto<\/a> commitments, while eight per cent were unsure in the poll of around 1,250 voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n Around 55 per cent of Labour voters backed a push for economic growth over standing by manifesto commitments.\u00a0<\/p>\n A majority of voters (59 per cent) also backed the government to prioritise economic growth by deregulation and controlling public spending, compared to 32 per cent who preferred a focus on redistribution and investment funded by higher taxes on wealth and capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n Conflicting response to Blair\u2019s policies <\/p>\n The figures may reflect a general support for Blair\u2019s agenda as the former Prime Minister called for the government to ditch policies he believed were holding the UK economy<\/a> back.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n \t\t\tTony Blair is the only sensible voice left in Labour<\/a><\/p>\n But on a policy-by-policy basis, it was shown that voters were more squeamish about cuts to disability payments and reforms to the triple-lock pension, which were essential to Blair\u2019s focus on growth.<\/p>\n Around 31 per cent disagreed with the notion that the triple lock pension had become too expensive for the government to maintain, despite criticism from economists across the political spectrum and a growing number of former ministers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nearly half of voters (49 per cent) also disagreed that the government should make cuts to disability and incapacity benefits.\u00a0<\/p>\n Just 28 per cent of voters agreed that the triple lock pension was too expensive and that disability payments should be cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n Polling also showed that the public generally supported allowing the NHS to use the private sector to improve performance and giving energy companies the green light to increase North Sea oil and gas drilling.\u00a0<\/p>\n