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Badenoch gains ground as Tories ready for Christmas poll
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives gain three points in latest polling as the party prepares for a potential pre-Christmas election, though Labour remains well ahead.
In brief
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives gain three points in latest polling as the party prepares for a potential pre-Christmas election, though Labour remains well ahead. Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives gained three points in polling after announcing inheritance tax exemptions for family homes, but Labour leads at twenty-nine…
Tories gain three points after tax pledge
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives rose three points in the latest Opinium survey after announcing plans to exempt family homes from inheritance tax at their party conference last week.
Labour still leads by nine points
Labour under Andy Burnham leads at twenty-nine percent in the Opinium poll carried out between Wednesday and Friday. The Tories are on twenty percent, Reform down two points to twenty-three percent.
Badenoch tells party to prepare for any moment
Kemi Badenoch told the Mail on Sunday the Tories must be ready for an election at any point.
“We know there's a battle of ideas coming in British politics and I've instructed the Conservative Party to be ready for an election at any point.”
Both leaders boost their parties' standing
James Crouch of Opinium said both Badenoch and Burnham delivered commanding speeches and boosted their parties' vote shares. The two main parties now have their highest combined share in almost two years.
“Together, the two main parties now have their highest combined share in almost two years.”
The bottom line
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives gained three points in polling after announcing inheritance tax exemptions for family homes, but Labour leads at twenty-nine percent to the Tories' twenty percent.
