12 January 2023 , 21:00
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Just one in five people would vote Tory if an election was held today, a poll shows.
In more bleak news for Rishi Sunak, support for the Conservatives has hit 21% - down 1% on the depth they plumbed a week ago.
The People Polling survey for GB News found 48% of those questioned would vote Labour - up 2% on last week.
That extends the gap between Keir Starmer’s party and the Conservatives to 27 points.
In another blow to the Prime Minister, Nigel Farage’s latest electoral vehicle, the Reform Party, is almost level pegging with the Lib Dems, who are still languishing in single figures.
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Rishi Sunak faces a tough challenge to boost the Tories' dire poll ratings (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Sir Ed Davey’s party is on 8%, up one, while Reform is on 7%, down one.
Reform is seen as more likely to win votes from angry Tory supporters than from backers of other parties.
Politics expert Professor Matt Goodwin said: “This is most definitely not the start to 2023 that Rishi Sunak and his team will have been hoping for.
“They continue to languish in the polls, well behind Sir Keir Starmer and Labour, while a large number of those who voted for Boris Johnson and the party in 2019 - nearly one in three, in fact - currently say they do not know who to vote for at the next general election.
“I see no recovery whatsoever in the Conservative Party's electoral fortunes and the clock is ticking.”
The poll of 1,160 UK adults was carried out on Wednesday.
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