Insight

Early coverage of the budget encouraging

Early coverage of the budget encouraging

Over the past seven days, we’ve seen that 21% of the coverage on social media about the Budget was broadly positive towards the Conservatives, with discussion about tax giveaways and election winning tidbits, with a further 20% of coverage neutral news coverage of the budget.

However, their budget does face some challenges from the opposition, with 12% of Budget coverage on social media about about the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report into the government’s cuts, and general complaints about the cuts that have taken place up until now. In total, 22% of coverage was negative (in other words, more positive towards Labour).

Early coverage of the budget encouraging

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