Ipsos MORI - CON 37, LAB 39, LDEM 11

The latest monthly Ipsos MORI political monitor for Reuters is out, and ha topline figures of CON 37%(+2), LAB 39%(-3), LDEM 11(+1). Changes are since the last MORI poll in May.

On leader ratings there is once again a drop for Ed Miliband, following the pattern we've seen from other pollsters in the past few weeks. Miliband's net approval stands at minus 14 (34% satisfied, 48% dissatisfied), down 6 from a month ago (the reason he gets a higher rating here than some other leader trackers is probably because the wording is "satisfied", rather than "good job" or "doing well". Only 9% of Conservative voters tell YouGov Miliband is doing well, but 25% of Conservative voters tell MORI they are satisfied with the way Miliband was doing his job. I suspect they don't all mean that in a complimentary way...)

MORI found people evenly split on whether or not they supported public sector strikes against job cuts, pay levels and pension reductions - 48% said they did, 48% said they did not. they also repeated a question they've asked in the past about whether trade unions have too much power - 35% of people agreed, higher than when last asked in 1995 when it was only 24%, but much lower than the 75% who agreed in 1975. 76% agreed that trade unions were essential to protect workers' interests, little changed from 1995 or 1975.

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