UK Conservatives lose popularity after pre-election tax bribe.

The tax cuts are essentially unfunded (they are to be paid for by unspecified "productivity gains" in the public sector) and a pretty spiteful gesture by a party in its way out (Labour will find it politically difficult to reverse them). In real terms, when the freezing of income tax thresholds is taken into account, net tax paid by lowest and highest earners has increased, while middle earners will be slightly better off (but will not feel it and probably will not be putting that saving back into the economy).

If they want a really popular measure that would lead to genuine economic stimulus, increase child benefits and remove the cap on the number of children you can claim for. That way money goes to people who genuinely need it and it gets spent almost immediately and recycled into the wider economy.

Found this in the wild

I don't really disagree with the sentiment/message. I'm very accustomed to the process where those who f*ck things up leave power just in time for the avalanche of the consequences to come down once they've left the chair to the opposition, that will take the blame, securing their re-election in the next iteration because people are generally too naïve or distracted to see the links, and right-wing propaganda machines centuries ahead.

Taking for good your analysis that Starmer won't be much better from a worker POV than the Tories, that's exactly how it seems it'll play out.

You're essentially replaying our 2008-2011/12.

I think "The party of fiscal responsibility" as they like to tag themselves, has tried to limit their tax increases but it doesn't wash with either the Bank of England's view of troubles on the horizon nor the average voter who has seen so many squeezes on their earnings, including stubbornly high retail food and fuel prices.

It’s not untrue. One tax, national insurance, has been (strictly speaking will be) cut, but the overall tax burden will rise because the tax thresholds are unchanged. The better criticism than the one you offer is that the government seems to be incapable of telling the truth (even after Johnson has left office!). You are right, of course, that the electorate is capable of noticing this.

YouTube is already talking about tactful voting to get the Tories out...

Voting for conservatives in the UK is like voting for Polio

Well, it sounds like folks in your country are at least a little smarter than they are here. Here in the US, liars are believed whether they lie or not, and they lie a lot.