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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/p>\nRishi Sunak has received another blow after a poll revealed that Labour has increased its lead over the Tories for the third week in a row.<\/p>\n
The findings in the Techne UK survey put Labour up 1 on 45 percent 17 points ahead of the Conservatives on 28 percent down one.<\/p>\n
The Lib Dems remain unchanged on 11 percent, Reform UK down one on five percent and the Greens unchanged on also five percent.<\/p>\n
The poll suggests that the recovery which Mr Sunak had been overseeing has come to a crashing halt and gone into reverse.<\/p>\n
A month ago Mr Sunak had reduced Labour’s lead of 30 percent when he took over to just 13 points.<\/p>\n
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However, in four weeks Labour has extended its lead by four points again.<\/p>\n
The results come in a difficult week for the Prime Minister where the right of his party has been outraged by a decision to water down the Retained EU Law Bill apparently tyo appease the unelected Lords.<\/p>\n
The decision by Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has led to accusations that Mr Sunak did a “grubby deal” with the eU for the UK to keep thousands of Brussels’ regulations.<\/p>\n
Downing Street has denied the accusation but Tory Brexiteer MPs are now discussing sending letters to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady asking for a vote of confidence in Mr Sunak’s leadership.<\/p>\n
It also follows anger over the compromises with the EU on Northern Ireland in the Windsor Framework.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> The poll also comes after the Tories were dealt a humiliating defeat in last week’s local elections which saw Labour become the biggest party in local government.<\/p>\n The loss of more than 1,000 seats was in the same round of elections where Theresa May had previously lost 1,300 just before she was ousted by Tory MPs.<\/p>\n A conference of Conservative grassroots demanding reform for the party with allies of Boris Johnson will also cast a shadow on the Sunak leadership.<\/p>\n If this poll played out in an election the Electoral Calculus prediction site says Labour would have a 212 majority while the Tories would be reduced to 142 seats.<\/p>\n The breakdown of the polls shows that the only age group the Tories lead in is 65 and over where they lead 41 to 35.<\/p>\n Among 18-to-35-year-olds, Labour has a massive lead of 57 percent to 18 percent for the Tories, more than threee times the support.<\/p>\n Crucially, though the proportion of 2019 Conservative voters still backing the Tories has fallen five points in a week from 70 percent to 65 percent.<\/p>\n The compromises on Brexit have also impacted their support among 2016 Leave voters with less than half (45 percent) backing the Conservatives.<\/p>\n
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