Labor gains lead in polls as Conservatives lose public confidence in 'big decisions'

The latest Opinium poll will delight Sir Keir Starmer ahead of this week's local elections. Photo: Jordan Pettitt/Pennsylvania

Labor has widened its lead over the Tories to 18 points, according to a new poll.

An Opinium poll showed that Labor gained 44%, up two points from two weeks ago. The Conservative Party lost two points to 26%.

According to the poll, 20% of those who voted Conservative in 2019 now plan to cast their vote directly to Labor.

>This is contrary to the trend of recent polls that showed Rishi Sunak's Tories are closing the gap with Labor by Sir Keir Starmer.

This will be depressing reading for Mr Sunak, who is only days away from his first national election since he became prime minister, and voters in many parts of England are going to the polls for local elections on Thursday.

James Crouch, head of politics and public relations at Opinium, said: “According to our latest data, with only one week left before the local elections, the Conservative Party has not yet caused significant damage to the Labor leadership. survey.”

According to the poll, only a quarter (26%) of the population approve of Mr. Sunak's performance as prime minister, with 44% disapproving (net approval rating of -18). This continues the decline from a net approval rating of -6 at the beginning of the month.

Sir Keir has a rounded net approval rating of -3% with 31% approve and 33% disapprove. .

However, the two leaders are still much closer on who will be the «best prime minister», with Sir Keir at 28 percent and Mr. Sunak at 26 percent.

Only 23% believe that conservatives can be trusted to make important decisions, while 53% believe they cannot be trusted.

Mr. that his party means that the latest results show that still less than a quarter of the country's population trusts the ruling party in making important decisions.

“Until the public feels they can trust the government again, it is not surprising that the Conservatives are struggling to change their position in the polls.”

Opinium conducted an online poll of 2,076 British adults from 26 to 28 April.