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UK politics: Labour’s Khan has 22-point lead over Tory rival in London mayoral race, poll suggests – as it happened

The London mayor, running for his third term in office, had been warning of a ‘two-horse race’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2024

Reform UK hoping to inflict damage on Tories in Blackpool and beyond

Polls suggest party could eat into Tory vote in Lancashire town’s Westminster byelection as well as in mayoral and local elections

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2024

Keir Starmer asks Labour candidates to ‘fly the flag’ on St George’s Day

Labour leader uses Telegraph column to emphasise his patriotic stance, but some worry it may alienate ethnic minority voters

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

Britons want Rishi Sunak to call general election in May — and don’t want to wait until 2025

Three in four Britons want an election because they want a change in government, the polling group found

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

‘Anything’s better than Rishi’: Hartlepool voters on Keir Starmer

Focus group fails to give Labour leader ringing endorsement, but desire for change may be all he needs to reach No 10

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

‘I just don’t think he cares’: Workington Tory voters’ verdict on Rishi Sunak

My research group spoke to 2019’s first-time Tory voters in Cumbria, seen as embodying Boris Johnson’s realignment

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2023

Most voters want new government, says new poll as Rishi Sunak faces double by-election test

Two-thirds of people thought the Conservatives had been bad for Britain, but many were unconvinced Labour would do better

Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2023

Most voters say the UK needs a new government – poll

Two-thirds of people thought the Conservatives had been bad for Britain, but many were unconvinced Labour would do better.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Operation Warm Welcome for Afghans has not lived up to potential – think tank

More In Common said there had been failings in areas including housing and accommodation, funding and integration of Afghans into local communities.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

‘I realise how serious it is’: voters in England support action on climate crisis

Focus group for the Guardian made up of Chipping Barnet and Don Valley residents backs net zero policies

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023