Sir John Curtice said ministers should have been "well aware that the public are deeply suspicious of anything that smells of MPs trying to feather their own nests."
The party has been beset by problems since winning by a landslide in 2019, but their popularity has hardly waned – here’s why.
The Conservatives have managed to win four-successive elections partially on the grounds of their reputation as being ‘strong on the economy’.
Jonathan Gullis also claimed that teachers should be sacked if they criticise the Tories.
Karl McCartney was forced to apologise to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
“The British public are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the government’s performance and are beginning to lose faith in Johnson as a leader,” pollsters say.
The incident comes as the Government and police face questions over the safety of women in society following the rape and murder of Sarah Everard at the hands of a serving police officer and the killing of Sabina Nessa in south-east London as she walked to a bar.
And 60 per cent of the new Cabinet post reshuffle attended a private school, compared to 7 per cent of the UK population.
The YouGov survey suggests plans to hike National Insurance to plug a funding shortfall in the NHS and social care has backfired among voters.