YouGov / The Sun Survey Results

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1 YouGov / The Sun Survey Results Sample Size: 2042 GB Adults Fieldwork: 20th - 21st June 2010 Comparing your situation with this time last year Are you finding it easier or harder to make ends meet or is it about the same? Do you think your job is safer, less safe or about the same? Easier Harder About the same Not sure/ not applicable Safer Less safe About the same Not sure / not applicable How do you think the financial situation of your household will change over the next 12 months? Get a lot better Get a little better TOTAL BETTER Stay the same Get a little worse Get a lot worse TOTAL WORSE Don't know YouGov plc. All Rights Reserved

2 Thinking about the way the government is cutting spending to reduce the government's deficit, do you think this is... Good or bad for the economy? Being done fairly or unfairly? Having an impact on your own life, or not having an impact on your own life? And who do you think is most to blame for the current spending cuts? Good for the economy Bad for the economy Don't know Fairly Unfairly Don't know Having an impact on my life Not having an impact on my life Don't know The Conservative-eral Democrat coalition The last Labour government Both Neither Don't know In a few days time George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will unveil his first Budget. He is expected to announce cuts in spending, and increases in taxes, in order to reduce government borrowing. Do you think... It's the right time to cut borrowing sharply, so Britain's economy can recover It's the wrong time: higher taxes and lower spending this year could drive Britain back into recession Not sure YouGov plc. All Rights Reserved

3 Spending on the NHS and international development is being protected from spending cuts. As a result, cuts in other government departments will have to be deeper in order, in order to achieve the overall target for spending cuts. Do you think it is right or wrong to protect spending on the NHS, if this means deeper cuts elsewhere? Right - its budget should be protected Wrong - it should face its share of spending cuts Don't know Do you think it is right or wrong to protect spending on international development, if this means deeper cuts elsewhere? Right - its budget should be protected Wrong - it should face its share of spending cuts Don't know The government has also decided that nobody earning less than 10,000 a year will pay income tax, and people earning more than 10,000 will pay less standard rate income tax. But other taxes will have to rise to pay for this. Do you support or oppose this measure? Support raising tax threshold to 10,000 a year, even if other taxes have to rise Oppose raising tax threshold, and not raising other taxes so much Don't know YouGov plc. All Rights Reserved

4 The Government is also considering a new tax on banks, in addition to the taxes they already pay. It would be a tax on their turnover - that is, the amount of business they do. Do you support or oppose this tax? Support - banks have behaved badly in recent years and therefore should contribute more to our economy Oppose - banks could end up doing less business in Britain, which would be bad for our economy Don't know Some other taxes are certain to rise. If you had to choose, which FOUR of the following would you MOST like to see happen? (Please select EXACTLY four.) Sharply higher tobacco duty Higher corporation tax on company profits Sharply higher alcohol duty A rise in the higher (40p) rate of income tax Higher capital gains tax Increasing taxes on air travel A rise in the rate of VAT Higher national insurance of employers Higher capital transfer tax (or 'death duty') A rise in the standard (20p) rate of income tax Extending VAT to food and children's clothes Higher stamp duty when buying a house Sharply higher petrol duty Higher national insurance on workers Higher council tax YouGov plc. All Rights Reserved

5 And which FOUR would you LEAST like to see happen?(please select EXACTLY four.) Sharply higher petrol duty Higher council tax Extending VAT to food and children's clothes A rise in the standard (20p) rate of income tax Higher national insurance on workers A rise in the rate of VAT Higher stamp duty when buying a house Higher national insurance of employers Sharply higher alcohol duty A rise in the higher (40p) rate of income tax Higher capital transfer tax (or 'death duty') Increasing taxes on air travel Sharply higher tobacco duty Higher capital gains tax Higher corporation tax on company profits YouGov plc. All Rights Reserved