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11.07am BST
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11.00am BST
This will be sobering for Labour: as the government lurches from crisis to crisis, the Conservatives still remain 5% ahead in the latest opinion poll.
Westminster voting intention:
CON: 42% (-1)
LAB: 37% (-)
LDEM: 7% (+1)
via @SavantaComRes, 14 – 16 Aug
Chgs. w/ 19 Julhttps://t.co/OvrmBQbryx