Tories lose ground to Labor in new polls
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BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives have lost some ground over the Labor party, opinion polls revealed yesterday, after both sides published their manifestos for the June 8 election.
It is still believed the Conservatives is on course for a victory, but no longer enjoys the 20-point lead that provoked talk of a landslide at the start of the campaign.
There has been a backlash against May’s plan to address the rising cost of social care for the elderly, which could see higher bills for many people.
“Tory wobble as cuts for elderly slash May’s lead,” headlined the Sunday Times, as a YouGov poll found the party’s lead halved in a week.
The online survey put the Tories down five points at 44 percent and Labor up four points at 35 points, the closest gap since last year.
YouGov found 40 percent of voters opposed the social care plan, and 35 percent supported it.
Labor had always insisted the opinion polls would narrow as the election nears. Its leader Jeremy Corbyn claims his plans to nationalize the railways, raise taxes and invest in public services are widely popular.
An ORB/Sunday Telegraph survey put the Conservatives on 46 percent, unchanged from last week, and Labor up two points on 34 percent.
An Opinium/Observer poll, taken after Labor’s manifesto launch but before the Tories’, put May’s party down one point in a week at 46 percent, and Labor up one point at 33 percent.
A Survation/Mail on Sunday poll put the Conservatives at 46 percent and Labor at 34 percent. It is based on new methodology, so cannot be compared to previous results.
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