Labour has a growing lead over the Conservatives days after Keir Starmer backed the idea of a complete freeze on energy bills this winter. The survey of 2,001 adults put Labour on a 39 per cent to the Tories’ 31 per cent, while it also gave a boost to Keir Starmer, with respondents preferring him to either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak.
The Opinium poll for the Observer newspaper gave Labour an eight point lead while a poll on Saturday for the Times by YouGov showed Keir Starmer’s party enjoying its biggest lead in 10 years, on 43 per cent – 15 points ahead of the Conservatives on 28 per cent.
Opinium found that 62 per cent of people support Labour’s policy of freezing energy bills. About 40 per cent of respondents said they would not be able to afford the rise in the cap due to be announced by the energy regulator Ofgem this week without falling behind on other essential bills.
