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The majority of people in Britain don’t think UK’s sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine go far enough and most would support doing more even if it meant an increase in the cost of living.
In an exclusive poll conducted by YouGov for Sky News, 57% of adults said they didn’t think current sanctions go far enough. Eighty percent said they would support a ban on the imports of Russian oil and gas.
However, when asked how they would feel if stronger sanctions meant higher costs to them fewer people supported tougher action.
While in most cases a majority of people were still willing to shoulder extra costs, the exception was with energy bills where just 47% said they’d still support harder sanctions. This is, however, still a high proportion given energy bills are already set to rise by a record amount.
There is a strong sense that while people want to see increased pressure on Russia, they do think the government should be moving to mitigate the impact on people here. In fact nearly three quarters of those polled said they supported a deferral of the proposed increase to National Insurance tax, due to come into force in April.
The Chancellor may find he is under increasing pressure to ease the rising costs, exacerbated by the war, in his spring statement next week.
Over half support tougher sanctions even if it meant higher food costs or gas shortages
The survey found a majority of people across almost all regions, political leanings and age groups believe the government’s sanctions don’t go far enough. Only 3% said existing sanctions go too far.
Thus far the British government has imposed asset freezes and travel bans on a number of wealthy individuals as well as sanctioning certain Russian banks, limiting the…
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Source : skynews
