Only one in five Britons would vote for Tory in an election today as Labor lead grows

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The latest survey, carried out by People Polling for GB News, reveals the scale of the challenge Rishi Sunak faces if he is to reverse the Tories before the next election

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Only one in five people would vote Conservative if an election were held today, according to a poll.

In bleaker news for Rishi Sunak, support for the Conservatives hit 21%, down 1% from a week ago.

The People Polling survey for GB News found that 48% of those polled would vote Labour, up 2% from last week.

This brings 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 on par with the Lib Dems, who still languish in single digits.

Rishi Sunak faces a tough challenge to boost the conservatives' disastrous ratings (

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Sir Ed Davey's party is at 8%, up one, while the Reform Party is at 7%, down one.

Reform is seen as more likely to win the votes of angry Conservative supporters than supporters of other parties.

Politics expert Professor Matt Goodwin said: "This is certainly not the start of 2023 that Rishi Sunak and his team were hoping for.

"They continue to languish in the polls, far behind Sir Keir Starmer and Labour, as many of those who voted for Boris Johnson and the party in 2019 - almost one in three, in fact - currently say they don't know who to vote for in the next general election.

"I see no upturn in the Conservative Party's electoral fortunes and time is running out."

The survey of 1,160 British adults was carried out on...