Guardian Essential poll: 40% of voters say Labor doing poor job tackling surging cost of living

Half of voters surveyed say they can afford household bills but struggle to find anything extra or report feeling under financial pressure

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Just one-quarter of voters think Labor is doing a good job of handling surging cost of living pressures, the latest Guardian Essential poll suggests, while a majority of respondents believe the Albanese government can influence the direction of inflation and interest rates.

The results from the latest survey of 1,082 respondents comes ahead of Wednesday's inflation data which is expected to show consumer prices are running at their highest level since the 1990s.

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