Labour is now 15 points ahead of the Tories in what is the party’s largest lead in almost a decade, a YouGov poll has shown.
As the cost of living crisis continues to worsen for households across the country, the poll commissioned by The Times and conducted between August 16-17, found 43 per cent would vote for Labour.
The Tories lagged beind with 28, followed by the Lib Dems with 11, the Greens with seven, and the SNP with five.
Labour’s lead is the largest it has had since February 2013 and is an increase of five per cent on the last poll which was conducted between August 9-10.
Labour has led the Tories in YouGov’s polling since December 9, 2021 and in a further worrying sign for the Government, one in ten of those who voted for Boris Johnson in 2019, have now said they would vote for the Opposition.
Adam McDonnell, YouGov’s research director, said: “These latest results should be very worrying for the Conservative Party and indicate that the next prime minister will have work to do in restoring public trust on handling the cost of living crisis.
“The last time Labour held such a commanding lead in the polls was in 2013 when the Conservatives were still suffering from the fallout of the omnishambles budget.
“While the leadership hopefuls have been fighting each other in a prolonged campaign, Labour’s plan for tackling rising energy bills has been received well and they are now tied with the Tories on who would be best to handle the economy — an issue they had previously lagged way behind on for almost a decade.
“Of course, things can change very quickly, particularly when there is a change of leader, but whoever does get the top job is unlikely to have much of a honeymoon period.”
The poll comes ahead of the announcement of the new prime minister on September 5, although a Sky News poll published during the week showed that Liz Truss had a 32 point lead over her rival, Rishi Sunak.
A sample of size of 1,696 were asked for the poll.
