ICM show 7 point Tory lead

There is an ICM poll in tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph. The topline figures are CON 38%(-2), LAB 31%(nc), LDEM 21%(+3). Changes are from ICM's last poll at the start of March.

There's a drop in Conservative support and a boost for the Liberal Democrats - the poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday so this is too early to be the result of coverage from the Lib Dem conference. The Conservative lead has dropped to 7 points in a similar trend to that we've seen from YouGov over the last week, though their overall figures are different (YouGov has Labour higher, ICM have the Lib Dems higher).

ICM also asked whether people trusted Gordon Brown or David Cameron more on various issues. Cameron was narrowly trusted more on the economy (by 3 points), education (by 7 points) and the NHS (by 2 points) (though the gap has narrowed since the same questions were asked in January).

Later tonight there should be a YouGov poll in the Sunday Times and possibly (I've had no information about it, but may be due this weekend) a ComRes poll.

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