'Labour dishonest over stealth tax'
Voters are less likely to support Labour because many feel the party has been "dishonest" in the way it raises so-called stealth taxes, according to a new survey.
More than half (55%) said they were less likely to vote Labour than they would have been if the party had been "more honest", the poll for ITV1's Tonight programme found.
Three-quarters (77%) of adults said they believe Labour has introduced "stealth taxes" since taking power but almost six out of 10 (57%) said the Conservatives were just as likely to introduce or raise the taxes if they won the next general election - despite pledges to scrap some of them.
YouGov, which carried out the poll, also gave the 2,332 participants a list of possible stealth taxes.
A fifth (20%) of those questioned said they did not consider any of the list as a stealth tax but the remainder were asked to choose the one which they disliked the most.
More than a fifth (22%) said road fuel duty annoyed them the most, with hospital car parking charges close behind on 21%.
The list also included inheritance tax (11%), home information packs (9%), council tax (5%), VAT (5%), insurance premium tax (5%), speeding fines (4%) and stamp duty (3%).
Vehicle excise duty (road tax), taxes on alcohol and tobacco, parking fines, income tax and national insurance were each chosen by 2% of people polled. The abolition of advanced corporation tax also received 1% of the vote.
Tonight found conflicting views about how to define a stealth tax. Many said it was a tax or tax rise which went largely unnoticed by the public, some said it was when the Chancellor was not fully open about the impact during his Budget speech and 7% said the term had been invented by the Conservatives to criticise Labour.
A online YouGov survey was carried out between September 3-5. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all adults aged 18 and over in Great Britain.
