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Labour’s lead over Tories increases to 16 points as chancellor’s plans suffer reverse of a budget bounce, according to Observer Opinium surveyJeremy Hunt’s budget appears to have backfired - with almost twice as many voters believing it will increase taxes overall, as those who think it will mean tax cuts.The latest Opinium poll for the Observer, conducted after the budget, also shows that the...

Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest polls – and how many seats each party is likely to win in the next general electionUK general election: find your new constituency – and see how it would have voted in 2019The next UK general election is looming, with most analysts expecting it to be called late this year.After 13 years of Conservative...

Opposition would do better on issues including the economy, health, education, the environment, immigration and crime, public saysMore than twice as many voters believe a Labour government would be better for housing than the Tories, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.The survey shows Labour is well ahead of the Conservatives on most issues including the economy, health, education, the environment, immigration...

Nobody seems to know mystery organisation that funded YouGov survey but its agenda is clearAt the centre of this week’s mega-poll that projected an election wipeout for the Conservatives there lurked both a mystery and a statement of the obvious. Who was behind it? No one seemed to know. But what do they want? Seemingly, a change from Rishi Sunak.It is a sign of...