Labour Edge Ahead of Conservatives in New Poll

Labour has edged ahead of the Conservatives in respect of voting intentions according to new polling published by Opinium.

The research finds 40% saying they would vote Labour, the same level as when Opinium published a similar poll two weeks ago. The Conservatives meanwhile are down 2 percentage points to 38%. The Liberal Democrats remain unchanged at 6%.

When it comes to who would make the best Prime Minister, Kier Starmer has a 1 point lead over Boris Johnson, with 31% opting for Starmer (down 2 points from a fortnight ago) and 30% saying Boris Johnson.

Following a week which saw the Mayor of Greater Manchester (GM), Andy Burnham, propelled into the national spotlight over the Government’s decision to place GM into Tier 3 COVID-19 restrictions, among those living in the North West, Burnham enjoys a net approval rating of +23%.

Nationally, Boris Johnson has a net approval rating of -14% compared to Kier Starmer on +14%.

Meanwhile, following in the footsteps of the Trump administration on the United States, 50% of those polled said they disapproved of the UK government’s handling of the Coronavirus crisis, compared to 29% who expressed approval. Opinium notes that approval levels have dropped “to their lowest levels since polling began.”

Asked for their views about the new system of tiers to combat COVID-19, 50% said they felt it was clear, with 44% feeling the opposite. 38% said that the new measures have not gone far enough to combat the rise in cases, with 32% saying they are now about right and 18% believing that they have gone too far. 34% said that they were not confident that they knew what the rules were in their area.

When it comes to the economic support provided by the Government, 41% said it has not gone far enough, compared to 38% who said it was about right and 9% who said it had gone too far.

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