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GMB poll: Half voters don't know who to trust

With just 44 days until the general election, the first in a series of Good Morning Britain polls of undecided voters has found almost half don't know which party leader they trust.

David Cameron was the most trusted of the leaders, but more than a quarter of those polled say they're still not inclined to a particular party, however 21% said they'd vote Labour.

The survey also found people would least trust UKIP leader Nigel Farage to babysit their child but said Green party leader Natalie Bennett would be most trusted.

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Important issues:

  • Healthcare and the NHS is the most important issue for undecided voters, chosen by 55%. 40% indicate immigration as a priority for them followed by the cost of everyday items (29%) and the national economy (25%)

  • Three out of five women (60%) identify the NHS as a most important issue, compared to 49% of men. More women (32%) also think the cost of everyday items an important concern than men (24%)

  • Almost twice as many women identify education and schools as an important issue (23%) compared to men (13%)

  • Undecided mothers indicate slightly different priorities than undecided voters as a whole: while the NHS was the most important issue for them (55%), 43% identify education and schools as a personally important issue, ahead of 38% identifying the cost of everyday items and 34% identifying immigration

Best party:

  • Labour is the party trusted by more undecided voters to make their own families better off than any other (26%, vs 21% for the Conservatives)

  • However, almost three times as many undecided voters trust the Conservatives to promote UK economic growth than Labour (41% vs 14%)

  • Labour are the most trusted party to manage the NHS, with almost twice as many undecided voters trusting them (32%) as trust the Conservatives (18%)

  • Significantly, far more undecided voters trust UKIP mostto control immigration than any other party. 42% trust them, while 13% trust the Conservatives most and 10% trust Labour most

Leaders:

  • 40% of undecided voters don’t know which party leader they would most like to see running the country the most, while a quarter (26%) would most like to see David Cameron in charge. Only 12% would most like to see Ed Miliband running the country, with Nigel Farage (9%) as popular a choice as Nick Clegg (8%)

  • More undecided voters would least like to see Nigel Farage running the UK than any other party leader (33%). 19% would least like to see Ed Miliband in charge, while 13% would least like to see David Cameron and 8% Nick Clegg running the UK

  • David Cameron is most trusted to tell the truth of all party leaders (16%), with Ed Miliband less trusted (11%) than Nigel Farage (13%). 45% of undecided voters don’t know who to trust most

  • Nigel Farage is the party leader undecided voters trust least to tell the truth (23%), followed closely by David Cameron (22%) and Ed Miliband (18%).

  • 17% of undecided voters trust Natalie Bennett most as a babysitter for their children. Nick Clegg (15%) and David Cameron (14%) were more popular babysitting choices than Ed Miliband (8%)

  • 37% would least like Nigel Farage as a babysitter, with Ed Miliband on 12% and David Cameron on 10%

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