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Tories outstrip Labour in latest poll
A new poll in the Sun gives the Conservatives a three-point lead over Labour after "Gordon Brown's disastrous week".
The Ipsos/Mori poll, conducted following this week's prime minister's questions, put the Tories on 41 points, Labour on 38 and the Liberal Democrats on 11.
The results represent a swing of 10 points to the Conservatives since the last survey by the firm.
Gordon Brown still tops David Cameron in terms of who would make the most capable prime minister, but the gap between the two has been slashed. Brown leads Cameron by 45 points to 29 points, but two weeks ago his lead was 58 to 17.
The paper says the poll is "a devastating reverse after 10 years of unchallenged Labour supremacy". "And it has happened on Mr Brown's watch," it says.
The Mail notes that the Lib Dems' poor showing is likely to add to pressure on leader Sir Menzies Campbell.
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