Prime minister Rishi Sunak has settled on 4 July for the general election after months of speculation but while the economic news is good, with inflation coming down, the polls are still heavily against the Tories. “Spoiler alert – there is going to be a general election in the second half of this year,” said Mr Sunak when challenged by SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn during PMQs at lunchtime, before taking to a podium in Downing Street later in the afternoon. Updated May 31: Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour has a 24-point lead in the latest poll on voter intentions from Techne UK, with the Tory-Labour gap remaining as wide as ever. After a dip in the polls following Mr Sunak’s election announcement, the Tories are back up by 2 points. But at just 21 per cent of the vote, the Conservatives are still at one of their lowest levels of popularity with the electorate under Mr Sunak. If Mr Sunak was hoping to wait for the polls to swing in his favour before calling the election, he would have been disappointed. Labour have polled consistently in the region of 44 per cent and the Conservatives have been shedding more points since January. Reform UK and the Lib Dems have been neck-in-neck for the past few months, gunning for the spot of third-highest polling party. The Lib Dems are currently at 11 per cent, while Reform UK have a one point lead at 12 per cent. Both parties appear to be picking up support from historical Tory voters. The latest data is taken from 1,630 surveyed individuals across the UK, weighted to be representative of the population. Satisfaction with both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer remains poor, with both polling negatively overall since November 2022, according to a separate monthly poll by Ipsos UK. The data is taken from 1,000 British adults surveyed each month, answering the question: “Are you satisfied/dissatisfied with how … is doing his job as prime minister/as leader of the Labour Party?” Despite low figures overall, satisfaction has jumped for the Labour leader in the past month, with a 13-point boost from -31 per cent to -18 per cent. Mr Sunak saw a 5-point jump in the same period, from -59 per cent to -55 per cent. This puts Mr Starmer at a 37-point lead in net satisfaction.
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Prime minister Rishi Sunak has settled on 4 July for the general election after months of speculation but while the economic news is good, with inflation coming down, the polls are still heavily against the Tories.
“Spoiler alert – there is going to be a general election in the second half of this year,” said Mr Sunak when challenged by SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn during PMQs at lunchtime, before taking to a podium in Downing Street later in the afternoon.
Updated May 31: Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour has a 24-point lead in the latest poll on voter intentions from Techne UK, with the Tory-Labour gap remaining as wide as ever.
After a dip in the polls following Mr Sunak’s election announcement, the Tories are back up by 2 points.
But at just 21 per cent of the vote, the Conservatives are still at one of their lowest levels of popularity with the electorate under Mr Sunak.
If Mr Sunak was hoping to wait for the polls to swing in his favour before calling the election, he would have been disappointed. Labour have polled consistently in the region of 44 per cent and the Conservatives have been shedding more points since January.
Reform UK and the Lib Dems have been neck-in-neck for the past few months, gunning for the spot of third-highest polling party.
The Lib Dems are currently at 11 per cent, while Reform UK have a one point lead at 12 per cent. Both parties appear to be picking up support from historical Tory voters.
The latest data is taken from 1,630 surveyed individuals across the UK, weighted to be representative of the population.
Satisfaction with both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer remains poor, with both polling negatively overall since November 2022, according to a separate monthly poll by Ipsos UK.
The data is taken from 1,000 British adults surveyed each month, answering the question: “Are you satisfied/dissatisfied with how … is doing his job as prime minister/as leader of the Labour Party?”
Despite low figures overall, satisfaction has jumped for the Labour leader in the past month, with a 13-point boost from -31 per cent to -18 per cent.
Mr Sunak saw a 5-point jump in the same period, from -59 per cent to -55 per cent. This puts Mr Starmer at a 37-point lead in net satisfaction.
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