Rishi Sunak faces struggle to retain both red wall and blue wall voters

Exclusive: Report reveals two sides of 2019 coalition are starkly divided over economy and cost of living policies

Rishi Sunak will struggle to retain the support of both wings of the Conservative party's 2019 coalition after next week's autumn statement, with red wall" and blue wall" voters starkly divided over what they want on the economy and the cost of living.

A report by the thinktank More in Common reveals the prime minister is winning back blue wall voters who had abandoned the Tories under Boris Johnson over Brexit and Partygate, with the same proportion (45%) as in 2019 now saying they would back the party, despite a 16-point swing against the Tories among the wider public.