Why Young Voters Are Ditching Labour

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Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/tldr Order a copy of our magazine Too Long: https://toolong.news/collections/tl006 In this video, we’ll dive into the polling shifts happening among young people in the UK, and try to explain why young voters are ditching Labour. 📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/ 💡 Got a Topic Suggestion? - https://forms.gle/mahEFmsW1yGTNEYXA Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought. TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks! Sources: YouGov Polling Starmer’s net approval: https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53176-political-favourability-ratings-october-2025 June 2025: https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/52431-how-would-britain-vote-a-year-since-the-2024-election Voting intention: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/voting-intention?crossBreak=1824 Most important issues: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/trackers/the-most-important-issues-facing-the-country?period=5yrs&crossBreak=1824 The Economist’s UK Poll Tracker https://www.economist.com/interactive/2025-british-politics 2024 Election Results by Age https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49978-how-britain-voted-in-the-2024-general-election Attitudes towards Immigration https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/uk-public-opinion-toward-immigration-overall-attitudes-and-level-of-concern/ Attitudes towards Israel & Palestine https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/media/yqej2h1k/more-than-choosing-sides-more-in-common-report-december-2023.pdf https://yougov.co.uk/international/articles/52694-british-attitudes-to-the-israel-gaza-conflict-july-2025-update Labour’s Housebuilding Project https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0nv2e70do https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/1-5-million-homes/ https://www.commercialtrust.co.uk/news/labour-still-far-from-housebuilding-targets/