an april 2018 opinion poll by number cruncher politics in the "financial times" found that 66% of british adults, including majorities of all major parties' supporters, thought austerity had "gone too far". a poll by survation for the gmb trade union published in spring 2018 found that 62% of respondents wanted the 2018 spring budget to increase spending on public services in real terms, while 48% of those who had voted for the conservative party at the 2017 general election thought that austerity had been excessive.