Latest Ashcroft and Populus polls

I've been laid low with a stomach bug all day so haven't had time to really write about today's polling. For the record though here are the two new polls from Lord Ashcroft and Populus.

Lord Ashcroft's poll has topline figures of CON 29%, LAB 31%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 17% - a nice post-local election boost for UKIP and the highest they've recorded in a telephone poll to date. Tabs are here.

In contrast Populus have figures of CON 34%, LAB 36%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 14%. Their fourteen point figure for UKIP is just the same as last week. Tabs here

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