To mark the development, the magazine and pollster Ipsos surveyed how trustworthy people view leading politicians compared to the cast of the upcoming Celebrity Traitors on TV. Half of the 1,100 respondents said they found Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Chancellor Rachel Reeves – with just 15% saying they trust Reeves more than Winkleman, and 34% saying they did not trust either. The public also viewed Celebrity Traitors contestant Jonathan Ross as more trustworthy than Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, according to the study. Paul McNamee, Big Issue UK Editor, said: “The UK’s politicians know they’re not trusted. “In another poll, with Big Issue readers earlier this year, they told us how important trust was to them.”The Big Issue said there was a crisis in public trust at the heart of Government.

Source: The Times September 28, 2025 23:17 UTC