EYE OF THE STARM

AS Keir Starmer prepares for his first major electoral test since winning power, voters give their verdicts on some of the nation's major issues in a new Mirror poll.

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With the Prime Minister set to return from his Easter holidays to face next week's local elections, we pressed Britons on topics from tariffs to ties with the EU, NHS dentistry and controversial benefit cuts.

Rachel Reeves will also head to Washington, DC in a critical week for the Chancellor as she seeks to ease the pain on British firms hit by President Donald Trump's tariffs.

The poll, by Electoral Calculus and Find Out Now, suggests the public is against hitting back with levies if it results in higher prices at tills while half want closer ties with Europe.

Amid concerns about online safety for kids, a clear majority of people want a legal ban on phones in the classroom.