United Kingdom poll: Labour neck-and-neck with Tories

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04 June, 2017

While British pollsters all predict Ms May will win the most seats in Thursday's election, they have given an array of different numbers for how big her win will be, ranging from a landslide to a much more slender win without a majority.

Four showed her lead narrowing, one showed her lead unchanged and one, ORB, showed it widening to nine points.

Under pressure after refusing to turn up for a TV debate earlier in the week, May rejected an accusation that she did a U-turn by calling a snap general election, the daily reported.

However the Opinium poll for the Observer newspaper suggested May was still set for a substantial parliamentary majority.

The British Prime Minister said she recognised the hard work people did in the health service but said her party had taken the difficult decision of enforcing pay restraint.

Appearing after May on the programme, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also faced hostile questioning.

May later softened the proposal by saying there would be a limit on the amount that people would have to pay.

The Comres polling firm found May's personal net approval rating had fallen to minus 3, down 12 points from a positive 9 point approval rating in February.

In contrast, Mr Corbyn's rating has risen by 18 points although he continues to lag well behind the Prime Minister on minus 15%.

The Telegraph said it asked Fallon if high earners could be sure their taxes would not go up under a new Conservative government, to which he replied: "Yes".

Labour has said it will raise income taxes on people earning more than 80,000 pounds ($103,152) a year, while promising no increases for the other 95 percent of taxpayers.


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