Labour Leads Conservatives in Latest Poll

Labour now has a two point lead over the Conservatives according to the latest poll from Redfield & Wilton Strategies.

It puts Labour on 38%, up 2 points since its last poll on Monday, with the Conservatives down 1 point on 36%.

Savanta ComRes also published polling this week which, although showing a Conservative lead, showed things tightening between it and Labour. It put the Conservatives on 38%, down 2 points since the end of October with Labour unchanged on 35%.

Meanwhile, as Boris Johnson told a news conference at the COP 26 climate talks in Glasgow that the UK is “not remotely a corrupt country", YouGov’s daily poll suggests the public does not necessarily agree. It found that in total 80% felt there was either a lot or a fair bit of corruption in British politics. Just 1% thought there was no corruption at all in British politics.

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