A senior pollster has been at the heart of a public spat with his former employer, YouGov. Chris Curtis initially claimed that YouGov bosses had suppressed publication of a poll during the 2017 election campaign because it was "too positive about Labour" – only to backtrack and apologise a day later.
Mr Curtis originally claimed a poll conducted after a key leadership debate showed Jeremy Corbyn had won "by a country mile" but that the pollster banned its release while under pressure from its Tory MP founder.
