This is how many Brits take sugar in their tea

More than half of British tea drinkers take their brew without sugar, a poll has claimed.

YouGov said 56% of tea drinkers take it straight while 22% prefer their cuppa to have sugar, while 20% said they don’t drink it and bizarrely 2% claimed they didn’t know.

Men were more likely than women to take sugar with 25% of males polled preferring a sweeter drink.

Brexiteers and Labour were the most likely political group to prefer sugar with 23% of Leave voters sweetening their brew compared to 19% of Remainers, 20% of Conservatives and 13% of Liberal Democrat supporters.

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Southerners were the least likely to sweeten their cuppa with 60% of those outside London taking tea without sugar, while Londoners and Scots were the most likely to - both tied at 25%.

Younger people were more likely to take sugar with 29% of those polled admitting prefer a sweeter cup, compared to just 15% of over 65s.

And people on a lower income were also found to be more likely to sweeten their tea with 26% of low earners taking sugar, compared to 19% of high rollers.

YouGov said 5,829 people were questioned for the poll on Monday.