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Tories overtake Labour despite Badenoch’s ratings falling fast

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Uh oh. Labour’s first six months in government haven’t gone quite as swimmingly as Sir Keir Starmer might have hoped and poll after poll has reflected the growing dissatisfaction with the incumbent government. The latest data dump– by pollsters More in Common – now reveals that the Conservatives are leading Labour by a point, with a quarter of Brits backing Kemi Badenoch’s boys in blue. How very interesting.

The voting intention survey shows the Tories leading Labour by a point, while Starmer's army is tied on 24 per cent with Nigel Farage's Reform UK. The results of this latest canvassing, which was carried out between the 10-13 January, follows yesterday's news that Farage's Reform lot are neck and neck with the Starmtroopers – after support for Sir Keir's crowd fell by nine points while Nige saw his party gain ten points in YouGov's poll.

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