82% think government should reduce gap between rich and poor

Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 26 March 2009

The Guardian, reporting on a new Guardian/ICM poll said:

There is overwhelming support for the view that the government should "take active steps to reduce the gap between rich and poor". Eighty-two per cent of those polled agreed with that view, and only 15% did not.

[ICM interviewed a random sample of 1,004 adults aged 18+ by telephone between 13 and 15 March 2009.]