Labour is failing Britain, a damning poll reveals.
The exclusive survey for the Daily Mail reveals that one year after Keir Starmer's landslide victory, two-thirds of the public believe Labour has failed to meet their expectations.
Disillusionment is worst among working-class voters, of whom three quarters said Labour had not lived up to its promises.
Just one per cent of working-class voters said Labour had exceeded their expectations.
Dealing with the cost-of-living crisis was identified as voters' priority, closely followed by tackling immigration.
On the eve of Labour's annual conference in Liverpool, voters polled this week delivered a withering verdict on the party's handling of both issues.
Sir Keir and Chancellor Rachel Reeves fought the election on a pledge to end the cost-of-living crisis.
But with inflation now almost twice as high as it was during the election, voters reported that they now felt worse off.
The survey revealed that the public also believed the state of the economy had become worse since Ms Reeves took charge at the Treasury.
Voters have little faith that Labour will tackle the illegal immigration crisis either, despite a recent toughening of language from the Prime Minister.
Just 28 per cent of people believed Labour would succeed in stopping small boats crossing the Channel, compared with 64 per cent who said they would fail.
Tellingly, the public back the return of the Rwanda deportation scheme - which was axed by Sir Keir during his first week in office last year - by a margin of 46-34.
And after a series of scandals, voters also said the Prime Minister had failed in his pledge to 'clean up politics'.
Voters are tiring of ministers complaining about the 'inheritance' they received from the previous Conservative government, such as the £22 billion 'black hole' claimed by Ms Reeves.
Some 47 per cent of voters believed Labour was blaming the last government too much, compared with 28 per cent who thought ministers have got the balance right, and just eight per cent who thought the Tories deserve more blame for the state of the country.
The findings make grim reading for ministers as they prepare to travel to Liverpool for the start of Labour's annual conference.
The survey makes for damning reading on the eve of Labour's annual conference in Liverpool
Sir Keir tried to seize the initiative yesterday with a pledge to tackle illegal immigration - and an admission that Labour had 'shied away from' the issue in the past.
But today's Survation poll of more than 2,000 voters suggests the public remain deeply sceptical about Labour's approach.
After months of record Channel crossings, voters said Sir Keir’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ was failing by 66-24.
A similar proportion of people (64-27) believed the new ‘one in, one out’ deal with France would fail to deter those seeking to cross the Channel illegally.
In a sign of the hardening public mood, voters back withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights - which Sir Keir has said he will never do - by a margin of 36-25.
The assessment of Labour's record on the economy is little better.
Ms Reeves told a conference in London yesterday that Labour should be judged by its success in leaving 'ordinary' people better off.
She added: 'What matters is at the end of our time in office can we say that kids from ordinary backgrounds are living richer and more fulfilled lives than when we came into office?
Today's poll reveals that people feel worse off with Labour in power by a margin of 45-16. A similar margin accused Ms Reeves of making the economy worse.
'And if we can say yes, then we've done a good job. And if no, it's probably about time that someone else took over.'
Today's poll reveals that people feel worse off with Labour in power by a margin of 45-16. A similar margin accused Ms Reeves of making the economy worse.
Voters also opposed Labour plans to lift the two-child benefit cap. The issue has become an article of faith for many Labour MPs, and Ms Reeves is expected to bow to pressure to scrap it this autumn despite the eye-watering cost of £3.5 billion.
But the public oppose scrapping the cap, which limits most benefits to the first two children, by a margin of 52-30.
There is also widespread scepticism about Labour's strategy for dealing with prison overcrowding, which has led to thousands of criminals being released earlier and proposals to scrap so-called short sentences of less than a year.
Some 47 per cent of people believe the plans will increase crime levels, with just nine per cent predicting crime will fall as a result. Only 17 per cent support proposals to cut jail sentences to reduce prison overcrowding, while 51 per cent are opposed.
The poll confirms that Reform is the main electoral threat to Labour. Overall, the survey reveals that Nigel Farage's party has 29 per cent support, well ahead of Labour on 20, the Conservatives on 15, the Lib Dems on nine and the Greens on eight.
But it also identifies a sharp contrast in popularity between Mr Farage and Sir Keir.
The poll confirms that Reform poses the biggest electoral threat to Keir Starmer
Some 42 per cent of voters had a favourable view of Mr Farage, compared with 37 per cent who view him unfavourably, giving him a net rating of plus five.
By contrast, Sir Keir has a net rating of minus 24, with just 27 per cent viewing him favourably compared with more than half (51 per cent) who see him in an unfavourable light.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has a net rating of minus eight, while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey’s rating was minus one.
The run-up to the Labour Party conference has been overshadowed by a series of scandals that forced the departures of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Britain's ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson.
The new survey found that by a margin of 62-19 the Prime Minister was wrong to appoint Lord Mandelson, whom Number 10 knew had stood by the notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein following his conviction for child sex offences.
Sir Keir's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is now embroiled in controversy over allegations that he 'hid' £730,000 in donations while running the Labour Together think-tank, despite being told he had a legal duty to declare them.
Voters said by a margin of 66-25 that Sir Keir had failed to keep the promise he made before the election to 'clean up politics'.
However, there was better news for the Prime Minister on some Labour initiatives. The poll found support for ID cards by 48-23, and there was backing for the idea of a youth mobility scheme with the EU by a margin of 46-18.
Voters were split on whether the Tories and Reform should form a pact to fight Labour at the next election. Overall, voters opposed the idea by 49-29, but Tory voters were split down the middle, with 41 per cent for and against, while Reform voters opposed the idea slightly by a margin of 44-39. Labour voters strongly opposed the idea by 60-29.