A new Populus poll for The Times shows the Tories surging yet further ahead of Labour. The Tories are now on 45, Labour on 25 and the Lib Dems on 20. Since this poll last month, the Tories have gained five percent while Labour has dropped 4 and the Tory lead has gone from 11 to 20 points.
As Anthony Wells points out at UK Polling Report, this means that two pollsters are now reporting 20 point leads for the Tories. In more good news for the party, the poll was carried out as several of these expenses stories were breaking—suggesting that they have done no immediate electoral damage. 25 is also the lowest rating that Labour has ever had in a Populus survey.
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