A new poll has found that support for the Conservatives has dropped to its lowest level ever. The Ipsos UK poll, released on Monday, shows that only 20% of people would vote for the Tories in the next election.
This is a drop of seven points since January and the lowest score the party has received since Ipsos began regular polling in 1978.
This figure is even lower than the 23% recorded in December 2022, shortly after Rishi Sunak took over from Liz Truss as Prime Minister.
The poll puts the Conservatives 27 points behind Labour, who are currently at 47%. Read more: Spring Budget predictions: Ten announcements that could be made by Jeremy Hunt this week The previous lowest score for the Conservatives was 22%, recorded by John Major in December 1994 and May 1995, just a few years before Tony Blair's landslide win in 1997.
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