New polling data, conducted 15-22nd October 2026, shows Labour taking a 8-point lead over their nearest rival. This time that is the Conservatives rather than Reform UK.
What is it about dying governments? No sooner than the bloom is off the rose, the chancers, the wanderers, the sense of power that suggests to some that laws are for little people and not them, and those who 'just can't help themselves', ascribed to Peter Mandelson after his second fall from grace and before the Prime Minister awarded him his third job, give the government of the day a bad name.
According to our poll conducted for The Sun last weekend [Attitudes Towards Sleaze], a quarter of the public now think that the present government is "more sleazy" than the Conservative government under John Major which preceded it; only 14% think the Major government was more sleazy. This is a question we have asked several times over the years [Sleaze Trend], but this is the first time that those who think the Blair government is the sleazier have outnumbered those who think the Major government is worse.
Ipsos's latest survey for The Sun shows an increase since 2001 in the proportion of the population thinking the current Labour government is 'more sleazy' than the previous Conservative government under John Major.
The public support the transfer of some services currently run by central government to local councils, with local government being seen as best placed to provide some services for local communities according to recent Ipsos research for Ernst and Young, UK.
At the 2005 election, probably for the first time ever in a British general election, more women than men voted Labour [Who Voted Which Way — In Detail]. Since David Cameron's election as Conservative leader, many of his initiatives have seemed clearly aimed at re-establishing the Conservatives' traditional strength among women. How is he doing?
Ipsos's first Political Monitor of 2007 shows the Conservatives leading Labour by 4 points (39% vs 35%). This puts the Tory share significantly higher than it was during most of the Autumn, and represents a swing of 3.5% from Labour since the 2005 general election.
Ipsos's first Political Monitor of 2007 shows the Conservatives leading Labour by 4 points (39% vs 35%), based on those who say they are "absolutely certain" (50% of the total sample of 1,955 British adults, 18+) to vote in an immediate general election. This puts the Tory share now higher than it was during most of the Autumn, and represents a swing of 3.5% from Labour since the 2005 general election.
