Ipsos MORI/Standard - CON 41, LAB 34, LD 7, UKIP 7, GRN 4

Ipsos MORI's monthly political monitor for the Standard is out today - topline figures with changes from last month are CON 41%(+5), LAB 34%(+2), LDEM 7%(-3), UKIP 7%(-5), GRN 4%(+1). The big drop in UKIP support is probably nothing, last month's poll had them jumping up five points, this month has them dropping the same amount, both the up and the down are likely normal sample variation.

The rest of the poll included some interesting questions on spending and the deficit ahead of next week's autumn statement. During the last Parliament the government's cuts were often unpopular, but the public consistently regarded them as being necessary. MORI's poll suggests potential trouble for the government there - two-thirds of people still think the cuts in the last Parliament were necessary, but support for further cuts is far lower. 34% think that it is still necessary to make more cuts, 32% think cuts in the last Parliament were necessary, but it's not necessary any more, 27% think cuts were never necessary in the first place.

Asked where any cuts should and shouldn't fall international aid, as usual, comes top on the things people would like to see cut (59%), followed by benefit payments (36%), then defence (19%). On things they'd like to see protected from cuts the NHS, as usual, comes top (73%), followed by schools (39%) and care for the elderly (28%). Full tabs for the MORI poll are here.

ComRes also have new polling for the Daily Mail today (full tabs here). Support for British airstrikes against ISIS in Syria was similar to YouGov's poll yesterday (60% support, 24% opposition), support for intervention on the ground was higher than YouGov's poll - in a generic question people supported British troops getting involved in a ground war against ISIS by 50% to 31%, when asked if they'd support British grounds getting involved alongside the US or France support rose to 59%.