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The survey, carried out by The Star and JPIMedia titles across the UK over the weekend, asked readers a series of questions about the lockdown, and how the different administrations have responded to it.

It found that 39.89 per cent of Star readers believed Mr Johnson and his colleagues have handled the crisis ‘not at all well’, while 16.28 per cent replied with ‘not very well’.

And only 13.60 per cent of those who completed the survey felt the Prime Minister – who was hospitalised with Covid-19 in April – and his Government had handled it ‘very well’, while 29.87 per cent replied ‘somewhat well’.

The majority of Sheffield Star readers believe Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured with under-fire personal aide Dominic Cummings, has not handled the coronavirus well. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Nationally, our survey found that 35 per cent of people think Downing Street has handled the crisis ‘not at all well’, while 21 per cent replied with ‘not very well’.

Only 12 per cent of readers thought the Prime Minister and his cabinet had handled it ‘very well’, while 31 per cent answered ‘somewhat well’.

This gives the UK Government a net approval rating of -13.

The proportion of readers who believe the UK Government has done a poor job of handling the crisis increased day-by-day over the weekend, from 51 per cent on Friday to 63 per cent on Monday.

During this time the story about the PM’s advisor Dominic Cummings taking a trip to Durham broke in the newspapers and has dominated the news agenda since.

In recent weeks the messaging around the crisis has diverged across the UK.

When asked how clear they thought the UK Government’s slogan of ‘Stay alert, control the virus, save lives was, a majority of Star readers (62.97 per cent) answered either ‘not very clear’ or ‘not at all clear’.

Nationally, the same question produced a similar result with 62 per cent of respondents answering either ‘not very clear’ or ‘not at all clear’.

Almost 12,000 people completed the survey, with 6,816 respondents in England, 3,454 in Scotland and 1,018 in Northern Ireland.

The survey ran from Friday May 22 to yesterday (Tuesday May 26).

Majority of Sheffield Star readers believe Boris Johnson has not handled coronavirus crisis well