South Swindon voters lean to Labour after ‘kick in the teeth’ Tory budget

Focus group of people living in Tory constituency suggests party's electoral recovery has not emerged

Voters in a bellwether south-west England constituency are willing to back Labour at the next election as the dead-walking Conservative government" has failed to ease the pressure on working people and struggling public services.

In Sir Robert Buckland MP's South Swindon seat, Jeremy Hunt's spring budget felt like a kick in the teeth" as the highest earners were rewarded with a huge pensions giveaway, while the working class received no gains.