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Weak leadership, excessive spending and overly relaxed immigration are the main reasons why voters don’t trust the Labour party, a survey has found.

Less than a quarter of people said they do trust Jeremy Corbyn’s party, while two thirds said the opposite.

A “weak leader” was the most common reason for not trusting Labour, with 46 per cent of respondees blaming the recently re-elected Mr Corbyn in the YouGov poll.

A further 41 per cent and 40 per cent cited wasting money when in government and borrowing too much when in government respectively.

Allowing too much immigration was a problem for 40 per cent, while 30 per cent felt the Labour party would not keep Britain safe.

Each person was asked to choose four options from a list, with bringing in tuition fees (11 per cent) and bailing out the banks during the financial crisis (9 per cent) not seen as problems for the majority.

The poll was carried out after the left-wing Canary website published a list of reasons people might not trust the Labour party, including the Iraq war and the attempt to oust Mr Corbyn.

However, the poll revealed the Iraq war only led to 25 per cent not trusting the party, while just 16 per cent chose the attempted coup as one of their four reasons.

It comes as the Labour party faces trying to peg back the lead the Conservative party has over it.